⁴ And the Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og,^(A) the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land.

¹⁶ You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.^(A) Do not look on them with pity^(B) and do not serve their gods,^(C) for that will be a snare^(D) to you.

Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

²¹ At 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.

³ So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down,^(A) leaving no survivors.^{(B) 4} At that time we took all his cities.^(C) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom^(D) in Bashan.^{(E) 5} All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. ⁶ We completely destroyed^[a] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying^[b](F) every city—men, women and children. ⁷ But all the livestock^(G) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

⁸ So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites^(H) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.^{(I) 9} (Hermon is called Sirion^(J) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)^{(K) 10} We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah^(L) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. ¹¹ (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.^(M) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.^[c] It is still in Rabbah^(N) of the Ammonites.)

³³ the Lord our God delivered^(A) him over to us and we struck him down,^(B) together with his sons and his whole army.

²⁴ Israel, however, put him to the sword^(A) and took over his land^(B) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(C) but only as far as the Ammonites,^(D) because their border was fortified. ²⁵ Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites^(E) and occupied them,^(F) including Heshbon^(G) and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶ Heshbon was the city of Sihon^(H) king of the Amorites,^(I) who had fought against the former king of Moab^(J) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.^(K)

²⁷ That is why the poets say:

³¹ So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.^(V)

³² After Moses had sent spies^(W) to Jazer,^(X) the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. ³³ Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan^(Y),^(Z) and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.^(AA)

³⁴ The Lord said to Moses, “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.^(AB)”

³⁵ So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors.^(AC) And they took possession of his land.^(AD)

²⁸ I will send the hornet^(A) ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites^(B) out of your way. ²⁹ But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals^(C) too numerous for you. ³⁰ Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession^(D) of the land.

³¹ “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea^[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,^[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.^(E) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out^(F) before you.

² and when the Lord your God has delivered^(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy^(B) them totally.^[a](C) Make no treaty^(D) with them, and show them no mercy.^(E)