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CHAPTER 3
Israel destroys people of Bashan—Their lands, on east of Jordan, given to Reuben and Gad—Moses sees Canaan from Pisgah but is denied entrance thereto—He counsels and strengthens Joshua. |
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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 asmote him until none was left to him remaining. |
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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 awalls, 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. |
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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 aon this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; 9 (Which aHermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it bShenir;) 10 All the cities of the aplain, 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 aOg king of Bashan remained of the remnant
of bgiants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is
it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine ccubits
was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the
dcubit of a man.
12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from aAroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half bmount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the cReubenites 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 aManasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. |
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14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the
acoasts of bGeshuri and Maachathi; and
called cthem after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, 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 aArnon bhalf the valley, and the border even unto the river cJabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 17 The aplain also, band Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the csea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. |
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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, aall 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 arest 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. |
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21 ¶ And I commanded aJoshua 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 afight 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 ahand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? |
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25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and aLebanon.
26 But the LORD was awroth with me for your bsakesa, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. |
26a the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes It was for the good of the people that the LORD did not allow Moses to cross over Jordan to enter into the promised land. The children of Israel had become dependant upon Moses and look to him often in the stead of the LORD. Moses did not help when he took the honor unto himself for bringing forth water from the stone. The people needed to learn that their prophet leader worked by the power of God regardless of who the prophet was. Joshua would take the Children of Israel into the promised land and he would divide the water of Jordan like unto how Moses divided the Red Sea. And the people would come to see that it was the power of God and not just that of Moses. This was for the sake of the people that they might now look unto Joshua as the new prophet of God. | |
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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 acharge Joshua, and encourage him, and bstrengthen him: for he shall cgo 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 Beth-peor. |
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