Deuteronomy 3

Israel Defeats King Og of Bashan

1 “Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and King Og and his entire army came out to fight us at Edrei.”

2 “But the Lord told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him! I have handed him over to you, along with his entire army and his land. Do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites.’”

3 “So the Lord gave us victory over King Og, his people, and his land. We wiped out his entire army, no survivors.”

4 “We took all 60 of his cities in Bashan, including the entire kingdom of Og, every city was fortified with high walls, gates, and bars.”

5 “Not only that, we took all the unwalled villages in the area too.”

6 “Just like we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, we completely destroyed every man, woman, and child.”

7 “But we took all the livestock and valuables as plunder for ourselves.”

The Land Is Divided Among the Tribes

8 “So at that time, we took all the land east of the Jordan from the Amorites, from the Arnon River to Mount Hermon.”

9 “(The Sidonians call Mount Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)”

10 “We took every city on the plateau, Gilead, and Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei, which were part of King Og’s kingdom.”

11 “(By the way, King Og was the last of the Rephaim (giants)! His iron bed was 13 feet long and 6 feet wide, you can still see it in Rabbah, the capital of Ammon.)”

Reuben, Gad, & Half of Manasseh Get Their Land

12 “When we took this land, I gave the land from Aroer by the Arnon River to half of the hill country of Gilead to the Reubenites and Gadites.”

13 “The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, King Og’s territory, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh.” (By the way, Bashan was called the Land of the Rephaim (giants).)

14 “Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and he renamed the cities Havvoth-Jair, which they are still called today.”

15 “I gave the rest of Gilead to Machir (another clan from Manasseh).”

16 “To Reuben and Gad, I gave land from Gilead to the Arnon River, including the Jordan Valley as their border.”

17 “The western border was the Jordan River, stretching from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.”

Moses Commands the Tribes to Help in War

18 “Then I told you all, ‘The Lord has given you this land, but all your fighting men must cross the Jordan armed for battle to help your fellow Israelites.’”

19 “‘Your wives, children, and livestock (and I know you all got plenty of livestock) can stay in the towns I have given you.’”

20 “‘But you must fight until the Lord gives victory to the rest of Israel. Once they have taken their land, then you can go back to your own territory.’”

21 “Then I told Joshua, ‘You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did to Sihon and Og. He is going to do the same thing to all the kingdoms across the Jordan.’”

22 “‘Do not be afraid, because the Lord fights for you!’”

Moses Begs to Enter the Promised Land

23 “Then I begged the Lord at that time.”

24 “‘Lord, You have only begun to show Your greatness and power. No other god in heaven or earth can do the things You do!’”

25 “‘Please let me cross over and see the beautiful land, the good hill country, and Lebanon!’”

26 “But the Lord was still mad at me because of you all, and He refused to listen. He said, “Enough! Do not ask Me again!”’”

27 “‘Instead, go up to the top of Mount Pisgah and look west, north, south, and east. Look at the land, but you will not cross the Jordan.’”

28 “‘Commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, because he is the one who will lead the people into the land.’”

29 “So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.”