1 Then 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.
2 And
the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his
people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst
unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
3 So
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 to him remaining.
4 And
we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not
from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in
Bashan.
5 All
these cities were fenced
with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
6 And
we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly
destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7 But
all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
8 And
we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land
that was on
this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and
the Amorites call it Shenir;)
10 All
the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and
Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 For
only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a
bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of
Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits
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 mount
Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 And
the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the
half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was
called the land of giants.
14 Jair
the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri
and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this
day.
15 And
I gave Gilead unto Machir.
16 And
unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river
Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the
border of the children of Ammon;
17 The
plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto
the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah
eastward.
18 And
I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this
land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children
of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
19 But
your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I
know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given
you;
20 Until
the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they
also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan:
and then shall
ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
21 And
I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD
your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the
kingdoms whither thou passest.
22 Ye
shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
23 And
I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
24 O
Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty
hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do
according to thy works, and according to thy might?
25 I
pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
26 But
the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD
said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
27 Get
thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward,
and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go
over this Jordan.
28 But
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 thou
shalt see.
29 So
we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
