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Deuteronomy 3:11Next we set out on the route to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:22The Lord, however, said to me, “Don’t be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army, and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:33So the Lord our God did indeed give over to us King Og of Bashan and his whole army, and we struck them down until not a single survivor was left.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:44We captured all his cities at that time—there was not a town we did not take from them—sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the dominion of Og in Bashan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:55All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:66We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon—every occupied city, including women and children.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:77But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:88So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount HermonCopy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:99(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir),Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1010all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1111Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is 13½ feet long and 6 feet wide according to standard measure.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1212This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1313The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1414Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites —namely Bashan—and called it by his name, Havvoth Jair, which it retains to this very day.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1515I gave Gilead to Machir.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1616To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1717The rift valley and the Jordan River were also a border, from the Sea of Kinnereth to the sea of the rift valley (that is, the Salt Sea), beneath the slopes of Pisgah to the east.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1818At that time I instructed you as follows: “The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over equipped for battle before your fellow Israelites.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:1919But your wives, children, and livestock (of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2020You must fight until the Lord gives your countrymen victory as he did you and they take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2121I also commanded Joshua at the same time, “You have seen everything the Lord your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2222Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2323Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the Lord,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2424“O, Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2525Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River—this good hill country and the Lebanon!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2626But the Lord was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me, “Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2727Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2828Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
Deuteronomy 3:2929So we settled down in the valley opposite Beth Peor.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
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