Deuteronomy 3:8-17

8 "1Thus we took the land at that time from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon
9 (Sidonians 2call Hermon 3Sirion, and the Amorites call it 4Senir ):
10 all the cities of the plateau and all Gilead and 5all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the 6Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was an iron bedstead; it is in 7Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits and its width four cubits by ordinary cubit.)
12 "So we took possession of this land at that time. From 8Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of 9Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 "The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe * of Manasseh, all the region of Argob (concerning all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim.
14 10Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called it, that is, Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
15 "11To Machir I gave Gilead.
16 "To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even as far as the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley as a border and as far as the river 12Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;
17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as a border, from 13Chinnereth 14even as far as the sea of the Arabah, 15the Salt Sea, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

Deuteronomy 3:8-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 3

In this chapter the account is carried on of the conquest of the Amorites by Israel, of Og king of Bashan, and his kingdom, De 3:1-11, and of the distribution of their country to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, De 1:12-17 and then the command to the said tribes is observed, to go out armed before their brethren, and assist them in the conquest of the land of Canaan, and then return to their possessions, De 3:18-20 and also that to Joshua not to fear, but to do to the Canaanitish kings and kingdoms what he had seen done to the two kings of the Amorites, De 3:21,22. After which Moses relates the request he made, to go over Jordan and see the good land, which was denied him, only he is bidden to look from the top of an hill to see it, De 3:23-27. And the chapter is closed with the charge he was to give Joshua, De 3:28 which was received in the valley where they abode, De 3:29.

Cross References 15

  • 1. Numbers 32:33; Joshua 12:1-7; Joshua 13:8-12
  • 2. Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 11:17; Psalms 42:6; Psalms 133:3
  • 3. Psalms 29:6
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 5:23
  • 5. Joshua 13:11
  • 6. Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:11, 20
  • 7. 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26; Jeremiah 49:2
  • 8. Deuteronomy 2:36
  • 9. Numbers 32:32-38; Joshua 13:8-13
  • 10. Numbers 32:41; 1 Chronicles 2:22
  • 11. Numbers 32:39, 40
  • 12. Numbers 21:24; Deuteronomy 2:37
  • 13. Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27
  • 14. Joshua 12:3
  • 15. Genesis 14:3; Joshua 3:16

Footnotes 14

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