Deuteronomy 4:47

47 They took possession of his land and the land of ¹Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the east *,

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 testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out from Egypt,

46 across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel defeated when they came out from Egypt.

47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the east ,

48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon ),

49 with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:3, 4

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "sunrise"