Defeat of Og King of Bashan
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Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan,
and Og king of Bashan with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
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The LORD said to me, "Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you
with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of
the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon."
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So the LORD our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army.
We struck him down, leaving no survivors.
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At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities
that we did not take from them - the whole region of Argob, Og's kingdom
in Bashan.
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All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars,
and there were also a great many unwalled villages.
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We completely destryed them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon,
destroying every city - men, women and children.
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But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.
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So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites
the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.
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(Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites called it Senir.)
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We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead,
and all Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei,
towns of Og's kingdom in Bashan.
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(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaites.
His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long
and six feet wide. It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Division of the Land
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Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites
the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country
of Gilead, together with its towns.
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The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half
tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known
as a land of Rephaites.
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Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole regionof Argob a far as
the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites;
it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.)
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And I gave Gilead to Makir.
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But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead
down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border)
and out to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites.
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Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah, from Kennereth to the Sea of
the Arabah (the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
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I commanded you at that time:
"The LORD your God has given you this land to take possession of it.
But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle must cross over
ahead of your brother Israelites.
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However, your wives, your children and your livestock
(I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you,
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until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you,
and they too have taken over the landnthat the LORD your God
is giving them, across the Jordan.
After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.
Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan
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At that time I commanded Joshua: "You have seen with your own eyes
all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings.
The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms over there
where you are going.
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Do not be afraid of them; the LORD your God himself will fight for you."
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At that time I pleaded with the LORD:
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"O Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness
and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth
who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?
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Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan -
that fine hill country and Lebanon."
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But because of you the LORD was angry with me ad would not listen to me.
"That is enough," the LORD said. "Do not speak to me anymore about
this matter.
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Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east.
Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross
this Jordan.
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But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him,
for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land
that you will see."
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So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.
