3“So the Lord our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.

4We conquered all sixty of his towns—the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest.

5These towns were all fortified with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time.

6We completely destroyed3:6 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in 3:6b. the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered—men, women, and children alike.

7But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns.

8“So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.

9(Mount Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians, and the Amorites call it Senir.)

10We had now conquered all the cities on the plateau and all Gilead and Bashan, as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

11(King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide.3:11 Hebrew 9 cubits [4.1 meters] long and 4 cubits [1.8 meters] wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

18“At that time I gave this command to the tribes that would live east of the Jordan: ‘Although the Lord your God has given you this land as your property, all your fighting men must cross the Jordan ahead of your Israelite relatives, armed and ready to assist them.

19Your wives, children, and numerous livestock, however, may stay behind in the towns I have given you.

20When the Lord has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.’

23“At that time I pleaded with the Lord and said,

24‘O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?

25Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.’

26“But the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That’s enough!’ he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.

27But go up to Pisgah Peak, and look over the land in every direction. Take a good look, but you may not cross the Jordan River.

28Instead, commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead the people across the Jordan. He will give them all the land you now see before you as their possession.’

29So we stayed in the valley near Beth-peor.