¶ Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan¹: and Og² the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei³.

And the LORD said unto me, Fear⁴ 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 didst⁵ unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

⁶So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

And we took all his cities⁷ at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region⁸ of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

⁹All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

And we utterly¹⁰ destroyed them, as we did¹¹ unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

¹²But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land¹³ that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;

(Which Hermon¹⁴ the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir¹⁵;)

¶ All the cities¹⁷ of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei¹⁸, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants¹⁹; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath²⁰ of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

¶ And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer²², which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

And the rest²³ of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called²⁴ the land of giants.

Jair²⁵ the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob²⁶ unto the coasts of Geshuri²⁷ and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair²⁸, unto this day.

And I gave Gilead unto Machir²⁹.

And unto the Reubenites³⁰ and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok³¹, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth³² even unto the sea³³ of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah³⁴ eastward.

And I commanded³⁵ 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, all that are meet for the war³⁶.

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;

¶ Until the LORD have given rest 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 return³⁷ every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

¶ And I commanded³⁸ Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall³⁹ the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

Ye shall not⁴⁰ fear them: for the LORD⁴¹ your God he shall fight for you.

⁴²And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness⁴³, and thy mighty hand: for what God⁴⁴ is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land⁴⁵ that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon⁴⁶.

But the LORD⁴⁷ was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it⁴⁸ suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

Get thee up⁴⁹ into the top of Pisgah⁵⁰, and lift up⁵¹ thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

But charge Joshua⁵², and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall⁵³ go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.

⁵⁵So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.