King Sihon Defeated
(Num. 21:21–32)
26“And I dsent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, ewith words of peace, saying,
27f‘Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to the right nor to the left.
28‘You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink; gonly let me pass through on foot,
29h‘just as the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land which the LORD our God is giving us.’
30i“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for jthe LORD your God khardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day.
31“And the LORD said to me, ‘See, I have begun to lgive Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.’
32m“Then Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz.
33“And nthe LORD our God delivered him 11over to us; so owe defeated him, his sons, and all his people.
34“We took all his cities at that time, and we putterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.
35“We took only the livestock as plunder for ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we took.
36q“From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from rthe city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; sthe LORD our God delivered all to us.
37“Only you did not go near the land of the people of Ammon—anywhere along the River tJabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or uwherever the LORD our God had forbidden us.
Deuteronomy 3
King Og Defeated
(Num. 21:33–35)
1“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and aOg king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle bat Edrei.
2“And the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; you shall do to him as you did to cSihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.’
3“So the LORD our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan, with all his people, and we 1attacked him until he had no survivors remaining.
4“And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, dall the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5“All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns.
6“And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king eof Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7“But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.
8“And at that time we took the fland from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount gHermon
9“(the Sidonians call hHermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir),
10i“all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and jall Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11k“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of lthe 2giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in mRabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.
The Land East of the Jordan Divided
12“And this nland, which we possessed at that time, ofrom Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and pits cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.
13q“The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the 3giants.
14r“Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, sas far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and tcalled Bashan after his own name, 4Havoth Jair, to this day.)
15“Also I gave uGilead to Machir.
16“And to the Reubenites vand the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the River Arnon, the middle of the river as the border, as far as the River Jabbok, wthe border of the people of Ammon;
17“the plain also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth xas far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah y(the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
18“Then I commanded you at that time, saying: ‘The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. zAll you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel.
19‘But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities which I have given you,
20‘until the LORD has given arest to your brethren as to you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may breturn to his possession which I have given you.’
21“And cI commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings; so will the LORD do to all the kingdoms through which you pass.
22‘You must not fear them, for dthe LORD your God Himself fights for you.’
Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land
23“Then eI pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying:
24‘O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your servant fYour greatness and Your 5mighty hand, for gwhat god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds?
25‘I pray, let me cross over and see hthe good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’
26“But the LORD iwas angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the LORD said to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter.
27j‘Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
28‘But kcommand6 Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’
29“So we stayed in lthe valley opposite Beth Peor.
Deuteronomy 4
Moses Commands Obedience
1“Now, O Israel, listen to athe statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and 1possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you.
2b“You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
3“Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at cBaal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor.
4“But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you.
5“Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
6“Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is dyour wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
7“For ewhat great nation is there that has fGod2 so near to it, as the LORD our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?
8“And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?
9“Only take heed to yourself, and diligently gkeep yourself, lest you hforget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And iteach them to your children and your grandchildren,
10“especially concerning jthe day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them he
ar My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
11“Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
12k“And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no 3form; lyou only heard a voice.
13m“So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, nthe Ten Commandments; and oHe wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14“And pthe LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might 4observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
Beware of Idolatry
15q“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no rform when the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
16“lest you sact corruptly and tmake for yourselves a carved image in the 5form of any figure: uthe likeness of male or female,
17“the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
18“the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth.
19“And take heed, lest you vlift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, wall the host of heaven, you feel driven to xworship them and serve them, which the LORD your God has 6given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.
20“But the LORD has taken you and ybrought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be zHis people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
21“Furthermore athe LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that bI would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
22“But cI must die in this land, dI must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and 7possess ethat good land.
23“Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, fand make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the LORD your God has forbidden you.
24“For gthe LORD your God is a consuming fire, ha jealous God.
25“When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and ido evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger,
26j“I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not 8prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
27“And the LORD kwill scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.
28“And lthere you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, mwhich neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29n“But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
30“When you are in 9distress, and all these things come upon you in the olatter days, when you pturn to the LORD your God and obey His voice
31“(for the LORD your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor qdestroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
32“For rask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask sfrom one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.
33t“Did any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
34“Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, uby trials, vby signs, by wonders, by war, wby a mighty hand and xan outstretched arm, yand by great 10terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35“To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD Himself is God; zthere is none other besides Him.
36a“Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
37“And because bHe loved your fathers, therefore He chose their 11descendants after them; and cHe brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,
38d“driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.
39“Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that ethe LORD Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
40f“You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that 12it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may 13prolong your days in the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan
41Then Moses gset apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,
42hthat the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
43iBezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Introduction to God’s Law
44Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
45These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt,
46on this side of the Jordan, jin the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel kdefeated14 after they came out of Egypt.
47And they took possession of his land and the land lof Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side of the Jordan, toward the 15rising of the sun,
48mfrom Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount 16Sion (that is, nHermon),
49and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the oslopes of Pisgah.
Deuteronomy 5
The Ten Commandments Reviewed
(Ex. 20:1–17)
1And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them.
2a“The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3“The LORD bdid not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.
4c“The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.
5d“I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the LORD; for eyou were afraid because of the fire, and you did not go up the mountain. He said:
6f‘I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 1bondage.
7g‘You shall have no other gods 2before Me.
8h‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
9you shall not ibow3 down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, 4visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
10jbut showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and 5keep My commandments.
11k‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him 6guiltless who takes His name in vain.
12l‘Observe the Sabbath day, to 7keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you.
13mSix days you shall labor and do
all your work,
14but the seventh day is the nSabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
15oAnd remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there pby a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
16q‘Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, rthat your days may be long, and that it may be well with syou in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
17t‘You shall not murder.
18u‘You shall not commit adultery.
19v‘You shall not steal.
20w‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
21x‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.’
22“These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly, in the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He added no more. And yHe wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
The People Afraid of God’s Presence
(Ex. 20:18–21)
23z“So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.
24“And you said: ‘Surely the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and awe have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. We have seen this day that God speaks with man; yet he bstill lives.
25‘Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; cif we hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore, then we shall die.
26d‘For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
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