Deuteronomy 3

Revised Geneva Translation

3 “Then we turned and went up by the way of Bashan. And Og, king of Bashan, came out against us (he and all his people), to fight at Edrei.

² “And the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him. For I will deliver him and all his people and his land into your hand. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites (who dwelt at Heshbon).’

³ “So the LORD our God also delivered to our hand, Og, the king of Bashan, and all his people. And we struck him, until he was left with no one.

⁴ “And we took all his cities at the same time. There was not a city which we did not take from them—60 cities—all the country of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

⁵ “All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars. And there were a great many unwalled towns.

⁶ “And we overthrew them, as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, destroying every city—men, women and children.

⁷ “But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took for ourselves.

⁸ “Thus, at that time, we took out of the hand of two kings of the Amorites: the land that was on this side of Jordan—from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon

⁹ “(the same Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, but the Amorites call Senir),

¹⁰ “all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, all Bashan, up to Salcah, and Edrei—cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

¹¹ “For only Og, king of Bashan, remained from the remnant of the giants, whose bed was a bed of iron. Is it not at Rabbath, among the children of Ammon? The length of it is nine cubits. And four cubits is the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

¹² “And this land which we possessed at that time—from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half of Mount Gilead, and its cities—I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.

¹³ “And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan (the kingdom of Og) I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh, all the country of Argob, with all Bashan (which is called ‘The Land of Giants’.

¹⁴ “Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the country of Argob, to the coasts of Geshuri and of Maachathi. And he called them after his own name—Bashan, Havoth Jair—to this day.

¹⁵ “And I gave part of Gilead to Machir.

¹⁶ “And to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave part of Gilead: to the river of Arnon—half the river and the borders—as far as the river Jabbok (which is the border of the children of Ammon),

¹⁷ “the plain, also, and Jordan, and the borders from Chinnereth, as far as the sea of the plain (the Salt Sea, under the springs of Pisgah, eastward).

¹⁸ “And I commanded you at the same time, saying, ‘The LORD your God has given you this land, to possess it. You shall go over, armed, ahead of your brothers, the children of Israel, all men of war.

¹⁹ ‘But your wives and your children and your cattle (for I know that you have many cattle) shall stay in your cities which I have given you,

²⁰ ‘until the LORD has given rest to your brothers (as to you) and they also possess the land which the LORD your God has given them beyond Jordan. Then you shall return every man to his possession, which I have given you.’

²¹ “And I charged Joshua at the same time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. So shall the LORD do to all the kingdoms where you go.

²² ‘You shall not fear them. For the LORD your God, He shall fight for you.’

²³ “And I implored the LORD at the same time, saying,

²⁴ ‘O LORD God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand. For where is there a God in Heaven or on Earth, that can match Your works and Your power?

²⁵ ‘I beg You, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’

²⁶ “But the LORD was angry with me for your sakes and would not hear me. And the LORD said to me, ‘Let it satisfy you. Speak no more to Me of this matter.

²⁷ ‘Get up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward and behold it with your eyes. For you shall not go over this Jordan.

²⁸ ‘But charge Joshua and encourage him and embolden him. For he shall go before this people. And he shall divide to them for an inheritance the land which you shall see.’

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