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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Deuteronomy 3 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/deuteronomy/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Deuteronomy 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/2.htm" title="Deuteronomy 2">◄</a> Deuteronomy 3 <a href="../deuteronomy/4.htm" title="Deuteronomy 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/deuteronomy/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Israel Defeats the King of Bashan</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“We set out and went up along the road to Bashan. Then King Og of Bashan came out to meet us—he and his whole army—for a battle at Edrei. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then the LORD told me, ‘Don’t fear him, because I’ve delivered him, his army, and his territory into your control. Do to him just as you have done to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“So the LORD our God also delivered into our control King Og of Bashan, along with his whole army. We attacked him until there were no survivors.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=":3 Lit. survivors left to him">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then we captured all his cities at that time. There was not a city left that we didn’t capture from them—60 cities in all from the region of Argob, which is part of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>All of these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars. Furthermore, there were very many unwalled regions. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We utterly destroyed them, just as we did King Sihon of Heshbon, attacking them in every city—the men, women, and children. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But we kept for ourselves all of the livestock and plunder from the towns.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“So at that time, we took control from the two Amorite kings the territory east of the Jordan from Wadi<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:8 i.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times">b</a></span> Arnon to Mount Hermon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>(The Sidonians called Hermon Sirion, but the Amorites called it Senir.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>We took control of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:10 The Heb. lacks We took control of">c</a></span> all the cities of the plain, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Only King Og of Bashan remained from the remnants of the Rephaim.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:11 i.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33">d</a></span> In fact, his bed was made of iron. It’s in Rabbah of the Ammonites, isn’t it? It was nine cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:11 i.e. about thirteen and a half feet long">e</a></span> long and four cubits<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:11 i.e. about six feet">f</a></span> wide.”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Allots Land East of the Jordan</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/numbers/32.htm">Numbers 32:1-15</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Of the land that we captured at that time, I’ve given its towns to the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad from Aroer near the Wadi<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:12 i.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times">g</a></span> Arnon to half of the hill country of Gilead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The remainder of Gilead and Bashan of the kingdom of Og, I’ve given to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob—that is, all of Bashan—is called the land of the Rephaim.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Manasseh’s son Jair captured all the Argob region as far as the territory of the descendants of Geshur and the descendants of Maacath. Bashan was named after him; that’s why it is called Havvoth-jair to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Furthermore, I’ve given Gilead to Machir. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I’ve given Gilead to the descendants of Reuben and the descendants of Gad as far as the Arnon Valley, designating the middle of the valley as its boundary, including up to the Jabbok River as a boundary with the Ammonites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The Arabah and the Jordan River are also a boundary from Chinnereth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:17 i.e. the Sea of Galilee">h</a></span> to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Salt Sea),<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:17 i.e. the Dead Sea">i</a></span> below the slopes of Pisgah on the east.”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Instructs the Men of War</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Then I commanded you at that time, ‘The Lord your God gave you this land as a possession. Those equipped for battle—every man a warrior—will cross before your fellow Israelis. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>However, your women, children, and livestock—and I know you have many—may reside in your towns that I gave you <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>until the LORD grants rest to your fellow Israelis like you. When they take possession of the territory that the LORD your God is about to give them on the other side of the Jordan River, then each of you may return to the territory that I’ve allotted for you.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“I also charged Joshua at that time, ‘You witnessed everything that the LORD your God did to the two kings. Indeed, the LORD will do this to all the kingdoms which you are about to enter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>You are not to fear them, because the LORD your God will fight for you.’”</p> <p class="heading">Moses Pleads with God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“I pleaded with the LORD at that time, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>‘LORD God, you’ve begun to show your greatness and your strong power to your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can equal your works and mighty deeds? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Let me cross over that I may see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River—the good hill country—as well as Lebanon.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“However, the LORD was furious with me because of you. He did not listen to me. Instead, the LORD said, ‘You are not to speak to me about this matter again! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift your eyes toward the west, north, south, and east. Look with your own eyes, since you won’t be able to cross this Jordan River. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore charge Joshua to be doubly strong, because he will lead this people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="3:28 Lit. He will cross over before this people. ">j</a></span> and cause them to inherit the land that you’ll see.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>We then encamped in the valley opposite Beth-peor.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> :3 Lit. <i>survivors left to him</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 3:8 i.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 3:10 The Heb. lacks <i>We took control of</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 3:11 i.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. 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