1Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
2And the LORD said to me, “Fear him not: 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”.
3So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left remaining to him.
4And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; beside a great many unwalled towns.
6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
8And at that time we took out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon to mount Hermon;
9(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Senir;)
10All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11For only Og, king of Bashan, remained of the remnant of giants; his bedstead was of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits (12 and a half feet) was its length, and four cubits (6 feet) its breadth, after the cubit of a man.
12And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half of Mount Gilead, and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
14Jair, the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob to the borders of Geshurites and Maachathites; and called them after his own name, Havvoth-jair, to this day.
15And I gave Gilead to Machir.
16And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
17The Arabah also, and Jordan, and its boundary, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah.
18And I commanded you at that time, saying, “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are fit for the war.
19But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that you have much cattle) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
20Until the LORD has given rest to your brethren, as well as to you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God has given them beyond Jordan: and then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.”
21And I commanded Joshua at that 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 pass.
22You shall not fear them: for the LORD your God shall fight for you”.
23And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
24“O LORD God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness, and Your mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to Your works, and according to Your might?
25I pray You, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon”.
26But the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said to me, “Let it suffice you; speak no more to Me of this matter.
27Get you up into the top of Pisgah, and look westward, northward, southward, and eastward, and behold it with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan.
28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.”
29So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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