Deuteronomy
Chapter 3
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1We turned and went up the way of Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out to meet us, he and all his people, for war at Edrei.
2God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to me, Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land, and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorite, who lived in Heshbon.
3God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. our God also gave Og king of Bashan into our hand, and all his people, and we struck him until he had no survivor left.
4We captured all his cities at that time. There was no town that we did not take from them, sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5All these were fortified cities, with a high wall, doors, and a bar, besides the towns of the open country, a great many.
6We devoted them, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting every city, the men, the women, and the little ones.
7All the livestock, and the spoil of the cities, we plundered for ourselves.
8We took the land at that time from the hand of the two kings of the Amorite who were beyond the Jordan, from the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. Arnon to Mount Hermon.
9The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorite calls it Senir.
10All the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11For only Og king of Bashan was left of the rest of the Rephaim. Look, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon? Nine Lengths of about a forearm each. was its length, and four Lengths of about a forearm each. its width, by the A length about as long as a person’s forearm. of a man.
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Hinneh is Look. A cubit is not converted. The bed is printed as iron, as written.
12Of this land we took possession at that time. From Aroer, which is by the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenite and to the Gadite.
13The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the whole region of Argob, with all Bashan. That is called the land of the Rephaim.
14Jair son of Manasseh took the whole region of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurite and the Maacathite, and he called them, after his own name, Bashan, Havvoth-jair, to this day.
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Havvoth-jair is the tent-villages of Jair, the same name as in Numbers 32.
15To Machir I gave Gilead.
16To the Reubenite and to the Gadite I gave from Gilead as far as the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. Arnon, the middle of the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. and its border, and as far as the Jabbok, the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. that is the border of the sons of Ammon,
17and the Arabah, and the Jordan and its border, from Kinneret as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah, on the east.
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Kinneret is the name of the water, as in Numbers 34. Yam hammelach is the Salt Sea. Ashdot ha-pisgah are the slopes of Pisgah.
18I commanded you at that time, saying, God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God has given you this land to take possession of it. You shall cross over armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel, all the sons of worth.
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Chaluts is armed, ready to cross. Ben chayil is a son of worth, the same word as standing and means in Ruth. See the glossary.
19Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, I know that you have much livestock, shall stay in your cities that I have given you,
20until God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they too take possession of the land that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then you shall return, each man to his possession that I have given you.
21I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God has done to these two kings. God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. will do the same to all the kingdoms you are crossing to.
22You shall not fear them, for God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. your God, he is the one who fights for you.
23I pleaded with God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. at that time, saying,
24My Lord God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand. What god is there in the sky or on the earth who can do what you do and what your mighty acts do?
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The consonants after “my Lord” are YHWH. The vowels written on that name are the vowels of Elohim, the reading used when Adonai stands in front of the name. The consonants are printed as Yahweh.
25Let me cross, please, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, this good hill country, and the Lebanon.
26God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. was furious with me because of you, and he did not listen to me. God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to me, Enough from you. Do not speak to me again about this matter.
27Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift your eyes west, north, south, and east, and see with your eyes, for you shall not cross this Jordan.
28Command Joshua, strengthen him, and make him firm, for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall give them as an inheritance the land that you will see.
29We stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.