3:1Next we set out on¹ the route to Bashan,² but Og, king of Bashan, and his whole army³ came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.⁴ 3:2 The LORD, however, said to me, “Don’t be afraid of him because I have already given him, his army,⁵ and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, he who lived in Heshbon.” 3:3 So the LORD our God did indeed give over Og, king of Bashan, and all his people to us and we rained blows upon⁶ him until he had not a single survivor. 3:4 We took all his cities at that time—there was not a one we did not capture from them—sixty cities, all the region of Argob,⁷ the dominion of Og in Bashan. 3:5 All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.⁸ 3:6 We put all of these under the divine curse⁹ just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon—every occupied city, including women and children. 3:7 But all the livestock and urban plunder we appropriated to ourselves. 3:8 Thus we took at that time the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon,¹⁰ 3:9 (The Sidonians¹¹ call Hermon Sirion¹²

and the Amorites call it Senir),¹³ 3:10 all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah¹⁴

and Edrei,¹⁵ cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 3:11 Only Og, king of Bashan, was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy¹⁶ that his sarcophagus¹⁷ was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath¹⁸ of the Ammonites? It is nine cubits long and four wide by the ordinary cubit.)¹⁹

3:12 This is the land we brought under our control at that time: from Aroer²⁰ by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.²¹ 3:13 The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh.²² (All the region of Argob,²³ that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim. 3:14 Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites²⁴ and Maacathites²⁵ and called it,²⁶ namely, Bashan, by his name, Havvoth-Jair,²⁷ to this very day.) 3:15 I gave Gilead to Machir.²⁸ 3:16 To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated from Gilead beginning with²⁹ Wadi Arnon, the exact midst of the wadi, as a boundary, all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border. 3:17 The Arabah and Jordan also were a border, from Chinnereth³⁰ to the Arabah sea, that is, the Salt Sea,³¹ beneath the watershed³² of Pisgah³³ to the east.

3:18 I instructed³⁴ you at that time as follows, “The LORD your God has given you this land for your possession.³⁵ You are to cross over before your fellow Israelites,³⁶ all the warriors, equipped for battle. 3:19 But your wives, children, and livestock (of which I know you have many) must remain in the cities I have given you 3:20 until the LORD helps our brothers prevail³⁷ as you have and allows them to posses the land that he³⁸ is giving them on the other side of the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his own territory which I have given you.” 3:21 I also commanded Joshua at the same time, “You have seen³⁹ everything the LORD your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to the kingdoms where you are going.⁴⁰ 3:22 Do not be afraid of them for the LORD your God will personally fight for you.”

3:23 Moreover, I pleaded with the LORD at that time, 3:24 “O, Lord God,⁴¹ you have begun to show me⁴² your greatness and strength (what god in fact in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?); 3:25 let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan—this good hill country and the Lebanon.” 3:26 But the LORD was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me, “Enough of that!⁴³ Do not speak to me anymore about the matter. 3:27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west, north, south, and east with your own eyes for you will not be able to cross the Jordan. 3:28 Commission, encourage, and strengthen Joshua, because he will lead these people over⁴⁴ and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.” 3:29 So we settled down in the valley opposite Beth Peor.⁴⁵