Defeat of Og King of Bashan
1Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei. 2The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”
3So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down, leaving no survivors. 4At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 5All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. 6We completely destroyed3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them. every city—men, women and children. 7But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.
8So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon. 9(Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.) 10We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11(Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Division of the Land
12Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. 13The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites. 14Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites; it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.3:14 Or called the settlements of Jair) 15And I gave Gilead to Makir. 16But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites. 17Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah, from Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.
18I commanded you at that time: “The Lord your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites. 19However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you, 20until the Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”
Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan
21At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. The Lord will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. 22Do not be afraid of them; the Lord your God himself will fight for you.”
23At that time I pleaded with the Lord: 24“Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? 25Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.”
26But because of you the Lord was angry with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan. 28But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.” 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我們攻佔了高原的城邑、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，寬一米八。
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。他按自己的名字給巴珊取名叫哈倭特·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「那時我吩咐他們說，『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，做以色列同胞的先鋒。 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那時我吩咐約書亞說，『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們爭戰。』
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的大能作為相比！ 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，親眼看看那片土地，因為你不可過約旦河。 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，使他們承受你眺望的那片土地。』 29當時，我們駐紮在伯·毗珥對面的谷中。
