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Chapter 3 |
| 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. |
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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; |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
show 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. |
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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. |
