³⁸ to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,^(A) as it is today.

Driving Out the Nations

7 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess^(A) and drives out before you many nations^(B)—the Hittites,^(C) Girgashites,^(D) Amorites,^(E) Canaanites, Perizzites,^(F) Hivites^(G) and Jebusites,^(H) seven nations larger and stronger than you—

²³ then the Lord will drive out^(A) all these nations^(B) before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.^(C)

Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness

9 Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan^(A) to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you,^(B) with large cities^(C) that have walls up to the sky.^{(D) 2} The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”^{(E) 3} But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you^(F) like a devouring fire.^(G) He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly,^(H) as the Lord has promised you.

⁴ After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself,^(I) “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness^(J) of these nations^(K) that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. ⁵ It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity^(L) that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness^(M) of these nations,^(N) the Lord your God will drive them out^(O) before you, to accomplish what he swore^(P) to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.^(Q)

³¹ The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”^(A)

³² When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle^(B) at Jahaz, ³³ the Lord our God delivered^(C) him over to us and we struck him down,^(D) together with his sons and his whole army. ³⁴ At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed^[a](E) them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. ³⁵ But the livestock^(F) and the plunder^(G) from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. ³⁶ From Aroer^(H) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead,^(I) not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave^(J) us all of them. ³⁷ But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God,^(K) you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites,^(L) neither the land along the course of the Jabbok^(M) nor that around the towns in the hills.

Defeat of Og King of Bashan

3 Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan^(N) with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.^{(O) 2} The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid^(P) 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.”

³ So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down,^(Q) leaving no survivors.^{(R) 4} At that time we took all his cities.^(S) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom^(T) in Bashan.^{(U) 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^[b] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying^[c](V) every city—men, women and children. ⁷ But all the livestock^(W) 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^(X) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.^{(Y) 9} (Hermon is called Sirion^(Z) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)^{(AA) 10} We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah^(AB) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. ¹¹ (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.^(AC) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.^[d] It is still in Rabbah^(AD) of the Ammonites.)

Division of the Land

¹² Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer^(AE) by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. ¹³ The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh.^(AF) (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.^{(AG) 14} Jair,^(AH) a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites;^(AI) it was named^(AJ) after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.^[e]) ¹⁵ And I gave Gilead to Makir.^{(AK) 16} But 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,^(AL) which is the border of the Ammonites.

²⁷ “I will send my terror^(A) ahead of you and throw into confusion^(B) every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.^{(C) 28} I will send the hornet^(D) ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites^(E) out of your way.

¹⁰ This is how you will know that the living God^(A) is among you^(B) and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites,^(C) Hivites, Perizzites,^(D) Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.^(E)

¹⁸ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,^(A) and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.