Deuteronomy 3

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Israel Takes Possession of the Land

3 “^(A)Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan, ^[a]with all his people, came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. ² But Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land over into your hand; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.’ ³ So Yahweh our God also gave Og, king of Bashan, with all his people over into our hand, and we struck ^[b]them until ^[c]there was no survivor remaining for him. ⁴ And we captured all his cities at that time; there was not a town which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of ^(B)Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ⁵ All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates and bars, besides a great many ^[d]unwalled towns. ⁶ And we ^[e]devoted them to destruction, as we did to ^(C)Sihon king of Heshbon, ^[f](D)devoting to destruction ^[g]the men, women, and little ones of every city. ^7 (E)But all the animals and the spoil of the cities we took as our plunder.

⁸ “^(F)Thus we took the land at that time from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the ^[h]valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon ⁹ (Sidonians ^(G)call Hermon ^(H)Sirion, and the Amorites call it ^(I)Senir): ¹⁰ all the cities of the plateau and all Gilead and ^(J)all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ¹¹ (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the ^(K)Rephaim. Behold, his ^[i]bedstead was an iron ^[j]bedstead; it is in ^(L)Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was ^[k]nine cubits, and its width four cubits ^[l]by ordinary cubit.)

¹² “So we took possession of this land at that time. From ^(M)Aroer, which is by the ^[m]valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of ^(N)Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. ¹³ And the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob. (Concerning all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim. ^14 (O)Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites and called ^[n]it—that is, Bashan—after his own name, ^[o]Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) ^15 (P)And to Machir I gave Gilead. ¹⁶ And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even as far as the ^[p]valley of Arnon, the middle of the ^[q]valley ^[r]as a border and as far as the ^[s]river ^(Q)Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon; ¹⁷ the Arabah also, with the Jordan ^[t]as a border, from ^[u](R)Chinnereth ^(S)even as far as the sea of the Arabah, ^(T)the Salt Sea, ^[v]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

¹⁸ “Then I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘^(U)Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it; ^(V)all you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel. ^19 (W)But your wives and your little ones and your livestock (I know that you have ^(X)much livestock) shall remain in your cities which I have given you, ^20 (Y)until Yahweh gives rest to your brothers as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God will give them beyond the Jordan. ^(Z)Then you may return, every man to his possession which I have given you.’ ²¹ And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings; so Yahweh shall do to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross. ²² Do not fear them, for Yahweh your God ^(AA)is the one fighting for you.’

Moses Pleads to Cross the Jordan

²³ “I also pleaded with Yahweh at that time, saying, ²⁴ ‘O Lord Yahweh, You have begun to show Your slave ^(AB)Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what ^(AC)god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours? ²⁵ Let me, I pray, cross over and see the ^(AD)good land that is beyond the Jordan, ^[w]that good hill country and Lebanon.’ ²⁶ But ^(AE)Yahweh was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, ‘^[x]Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter. ²⁷ Go up to the top of ^(AF)Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, ^(AG)for you shall not cross over this Jordan. ^28 (AH)But command Joshua and strengthen him and encourage him, ^(AI)for he shall go across ^[y]at the head of this people, and he will cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’ ²⁹ So we remained in the valley opposite ^(AJ)Beth-peor.