Deuteronomy 3:1, The conquest of Og, king of Bashan; Deuteronomy 3:11, The size of his bed; Deuteronomy 3:12, The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and half; Deuteronomy 3:23, Moses prays to enter into the land; Deuteronomy 3:26, He is permitted to see it.
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Deuteronomy 3
Deuteronomy 3 — Overview
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Deuteronomy 3 — OverviewDeuteronomy 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMoses, in this chapter, relates, I. The conquest of Og, king of Bashan,
and the seizing of his country, ver. 1-11. II. The distribution of
these new conquests to the two tribes and a half, ver. 12-17. Under…Deuteronomy 3 — OverviewDeuteronomy 3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn 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, and of the distribution of their country to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half…Deuteronomy 3:1-11Deuteronomy 3:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here another brave country delivered into the hand of Israel,
that of Bashan; the conquest of Sihon is often mentioned together with
that of Og, to the praise of God, the rather because in these Israel's…Deuteronomy 3:1Deuteronomy 3:1 · The Pulpit Commentary(Cf. Numbers 21:33 ) We turned—i.e. took a new route—and went up ( וַנַּעַל, and we ascended). As Bashan was an upland region, they are very properly said to have gone up. Edrei, hod. Draa, with Roman and Arabian ruins,…Deuteronomy 3:1-11Deuteronomy 3:1-11 · The Pulpit CommentaryCONQUEST OF OG, KING OF BASHAN. The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by the Moabites and the Edomites from the giant aborigines; and Og, who was of the same giant race, ruled over the…Deuteronomy 3:1-12Deuteronomy 3:1-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe conquest of Og.
Og, King of Bashan, was a yet more formidable adversary than Sihon. We read with wonder of that extraordinary territory over which he ruled, the region of Argob, with its sixty cities built of black…