Deuteronomy 4:47

47 They took possession of his land and the land of King Og of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites who were east of the Jordan River.

Deuteronomy 4:47 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:47

And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of
Bashan
Seized upon them, and took them as their own, and divided them for an inheritance among two of their tribes and half another:

two kings of the Amorites;
which is more than once observed, that it might be taken notice of that these were of the nations of the Canaanites Israel were to root out, and possess their land:

which were on this side Jordan, toward the sun rising;
which lands and kingdoms lay to the east of Jordan, on that side of it on which were the plains of Moab, where Moses and Israel now were.

Deuteronomy 4:47 In-Context

45 These are the commandments, laws, and rules Moses gave the Israelites after they had left Egypt.
46 He gave these to the people when they were east of the Jordan River in the valley near Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon. Moses and Israel defeated him after they left Egypt.
47 They took possession of his land and the land of King Og of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites who were east of the Jordan River.
48 This land went from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley to Mount Siyon (that is, Mount Hermon).
49 It included all the plains on the east side of the Jordan River as far as the Dead Sea at the foot of the slopes of Mount Pisgah.
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