Deuteronomy 3

New King James Version

King Og Defeated^(A)

3 “Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and^(B)Og king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle^(C)at 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 to^(D)Sihon 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^[a]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,^(E)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 king^(F)of 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 the^(G)land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites whowereon this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount^(H)Hermon⁹ (the Sidonians call^(I)Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir),^10 (J)all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and^(K)all Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

^11 (L)“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of^(M)the^[b]giants. Indeed his bedsteadwasan iron bedstead. (Isit not in^(N)Rabbah 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^(O)

¹² “And this^(P)land,whichwe possessed at that time,^(Q)from Aroer, whichisby the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and^(R)its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.^13 (S)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^[c]giants.^14 (T)Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob,^(U)as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and^(V)called Bashan after his own name,^[d]Havoth Jair, to this day.)

¹⁵ “Also I gave^(W)Gilead to Machir.¹⁶ And to the Reubenites^(X)and the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the River Arnon, the middle of the river astheborder, as far as the River Jabbok,^(Y)the border of the people of Ammon;¹⁷ the plain also, with the Jordan astheborder, from Chinnereth^(Z)as far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah^(AA)(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.^(AB)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 given^(AC)rest 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 may^(AD)return to his possession which I have given you.’

²¹ “And^(AE)I 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, for^(AF)theLordyour God Himself fights for you.’

Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land

²³ “Then^(AG)I pleaded with theLordat that time, saying:²⁴ ‘O LordGod, You have begun to show Your servant^(AH)Your greatness and Your^[e]mighty hand, for^(AI)what godis therein heaven or on earth who can doanythinglike Your works and Your mightydeeds?²⁵ I pray, let me cross over and see^(AJ)the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’

²⁶ “But theLord^(AK)was 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 (AL)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 But^(AM)command^[f]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 in^(AN)the valley opposite Beth Peor.