King Og Defeated
1 “Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; andOg king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battleat Edrei.
2 And theLordsaid to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; you shall do to him as you did toSihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.’
3 “So theLordour God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan, with all his people, and we attacked him until he had no survivors remaining.
4 And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities,all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these citieswerefortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns.
6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon kingof Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7 But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.
8 “And at that time we took theland from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites whowereon this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to MountHermon
9 (the Sidonians callHermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir),
10 all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, andall Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant ofthe giants. Indeed his bedsteadwasan iron bedstead. (Isit not inRabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubitsisits length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.
The Land East of the Jordan Divided
12 “And thisland,whichwe possessed at that time,from Aroer, whichisby the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead andits cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.
13 The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants.
14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob,as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, andcalled Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair, to this day.)
15 “Also I gaveGilead to Machir.
16 And to the Reubenitesand the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the River Arnon, the middle of the river astheborder, as far as the River Jabbok,the border of the people of Ammon;
17 the plain also, with the Jordan astheborder, from Chinnerethas far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah(the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
18 “Then I commanded you at that time, saying: ‘TheLordyour God has given you this land to possess.All you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel.
19 But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities which I have given you,
20 until theLordhas givenrest to your brethren as to you, and they also possess the land which theLordyour God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you mayreturn to his possession which I have given you.’
21 “AndI commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that theLordyour God has done to these two kings; so will theLorddo to all the kingdoms through which you pass.
22 You must not fear them, fortheLordyour God Himself fights for you.’
Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land
23 “ThenI pleaded with theLordat that time, saying:
24 ‘O LordGod, You have begun to show Your servantYour greatness and Your mighty hand, forwhat godistherein heaven or on earth who can doanythinglike Your works and Your mightydeeds?
25 I pray, let me cross over and seethe good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’
26 “But theLordwas angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So theLordsaid to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter.
27 Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; beholditwith your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
28 Butcommand 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 will see.’
29 “So we stayed inthe valley opposite Beth Peor.