Israel Wins the Battle Over Og
1Next, we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan. Og marched out with his whole army. They fought against us at Edrei. Og was the king of Bashan. 2The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid of Og. I have handed him over to you. I have also handed over his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon.”
3So the Lord our God also handed Og, the king of Bashan, and his whole army over to us. We struck them down. We didn’t leave any of them alive. 4At that time we took all his cities. There were 60 of them. We took the whole area of Argob. That was Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 5All those cities had high walls around them. The city gates were made secure with heavy metal bars. There were also large numbers of villages that didn’t have walls. 6We completely destroyed them. We did to them just as we had done to Sihon, the king of Heshbon. We destroyed all their cities. We destroyed the men, women and children. 7But we kept for ourselves the livestock and everything else we took from their cities.
8So at that time we took the territory east of the Jordan River. We captured it from those two Amorite kings. The territory goes all the way from the Arnon River valley to Mount Hermon. 9Hermon is called Sirion by the people of Sidon. The Amorites call it Senir. 10We captured all the towns on the high plains. We took the whole land of Gilead. And we captured the whole land of Bashan as far away as Salekah and Edrei. Those were towns that belonged to Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11Og, the king of Bashan, was the only Rephaite left. His bed was decorated with iron. It was more than 13 feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.
Moses Divides Up the Land
12I divided up the land we took over at that time. I gave the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon River valley. It includes half of the hill country of Gilead together with its towns. 13I gave the rest of Gilead to half of the tribe of Manasseh. I also gave them the whole land of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. The whole area of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites. 14Jair took the whole area of Argob. He was from the family line of Manasseh. Argob goes all the way to the border of the people of Geshur and Maakah. It was named after Jair. So Bashan is called Havvoth Jair to this very day. 15I gave Gilead to Makir. 16But I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory that reaches from Gilead down to the Arnon River valley. It goes all the way to the Jabbok River. The Jabbok is the northern border of Ammon. The middle of the Arnon River valley is its southern border. 17The western border of Reuben and Gad is the Jordan River in the Arabah Valley. It reaches from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. It runs below the slopes of Pisgah.
18Here is the command I gave at that time to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh. I said, “The Lord your God has given you this land as your very own. But all your strong men must be prepared for battle. They must cross over ahead of the rest of the Israelites. 19But your wives and children can stay in the towns I’ve given you. You can keep your livestock there too. I know you have a lot of livestock. 20The Lord has given you peace and rest. Then let your families and livestock stay in those towns until the Lord gives peace and rest to the other tribes. And let your families stay until the other tribes have taken over the land the Lord your God is giving them. That land is across the Jordan River. After that, each of you may go back to the land I’ve given you as your very own.”
The Lord Will Not Allow Moses to Cross the Jordan River
21At that time I gave Joshua a command. I said, “Your own eyes have seen everything the Lord your God has done to Sihon and Og. He will do the same thing to all the kingdoms in the land where you are going. 22Don’t be afraid of them. The Lord your God himself will fight for you.”
23At that time I made my appeal to the Lord. I said, 24“Lord and King, you have begun to show me how great you are. You have shown me how strong your hand is. You do great works and mighty acts. There isn’t any god in heaven or on earth who can do what you do. 25Let me go across the Jordan River. Let me see the good land beyond it. I want to see that fine hill country and Lebanon.”
26But the Lord was angry with me because of what you did. He wouldn’t listen to me. “That is enough!” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27Go up to the highest slopes of Pisgah. Look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes. But you are not going to go across this Jordan River. 28So appoint Joshua as the new leader. Help him to be brave. Give him hope and strength. He will take these people across the Jordan. You will see the land. But he will lead them into it to take it as their own.” 29So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.
擊敗巴珊王噩
1「之後，我們前往巴珊，巴珊王噩率全軍在以得來迎戰我們。 2耶和華對我說，『不要怕他，因為我已把他及其眾民和土地交在你手中，你要像從前對付希實本的亞摩利王西宏一樣對付他。』
3「我們的上帝耶和華把巴珊王噩及其眾民交在我們手中，我們殺了他們，一個不留。 4我們佔領了亞珥歌伯全境，即巴珊王噩的所有城邑，共六十座。 5這些城邑圍牆高聳，門閂牢固。我們還佔領了許多沒有城牆的鄉村。 6像對付希實本王西宏一樣，我們將這些城邑夷為平地，城中的男女老幼一個不留， 7只留下牲畜和財物作戰利品。 8於是，我們攻佔了約旦河東兩個亞摩利王的土地，從亞嫩谷一直到黑門山—— 9西頓人稱黑門山為西連，亞摩利人稱之為示尼珥—— 10攻佔了高原的城邑、整個基列和巴珊，遠至巴珊王噩的城邑撒迦和以得來。 11巴珊王噩是最後一個利乏音人。他的床是鐵做的，存放在亞捫人的拉巴城，長四米，寬一點八米。
分配約旦河東之地
12「我們佔領了這片土地後，我把亞嫩谷邊的亞羅珥以北地區和基列山區的一半及其城邑，分給呂便支派和迦得支派， 13把基列山區的另一半，以及噩的王國巴珊全境——整個亞珥歌伯分給瑪拿西半個支派。巴珊地區又被稱為利乏音人之地。 14瑪拿西的子孫雅珥得到亞珥歌伯全境，遠至基述人和瑪迦人的邊界。他按自己的名字給那地方取名叫哈倭特·雅珥，沿用至今。 15我又把基列分給瑪吉， 16把從基列到亞嫩谷，以谷中央為界，遠至亞捫人的邊界雅博河地區分給呂便支派和迦得支派。 17我還把亞拉巴，就是以約旦河為界，從基尼烈直到東面毗斯迦山腳的亞拉巴海，即鹽海地區給了他們。
18「那時我吩咐他們，『你們的上帝耶和華已經把這些地方賜給你們，但你們所有的戰士必須帶著兵器過河，做同胞的先鋒。 19我知道你們有許多牲畜，你們的妻子、兒女和牲畜可以留在我分給你們的城邑。 20等你們的上帝耶和華使其他以色列人和你們一樣有了安身之所，佔領了耶和華賜給他們的約旦河西之地後，你們才可以返回我分給你們的家園。』 21那時我吩咐約書亞，『你們的上帝耶和華怎樣對付那兩個王，你都親眼看見了。耶和華必以同樣的方式對付你將去攻佔的各國。 22不要怕他們，因為你的上帝耶和華將為你爭戰。』
摩西不得進入迦南
23「那時，我懇求耶和華，說， 24『主耶和華啊，你已向僕人彰顯你的偉大和權能，天上地下沒有神明可與你相比！ 25求你讓我過去看看約旦河那邊的佳美之地——那美好的山區和黎巴嫩。』 26但因你們的緣故，耶和華向我發怒，不聽我的懇求，祂對我說，『夠了，不要再跟我提這件事。 27你可以上毗斯迦山頂，向東南西北眺望，但你不可過約旦河。 28你要委任約書亞，勉勵他，支持他，因為他必帶領以色列人過河，佔領你眺望的那片土地。』 29當時，我們駐紮在伯·毗珥對面的谷中。
