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Derrota del rey de Basán

(A)Volvimos, pues, y subimos por el camino de Basán, y Og, rey de Basán, nos salió al encuentro con[a] todo su pueblo para pelear en Edrei. Pero el Señor me dijo: «No le tengas miedo, porque en tu mano yo lo he entregado a él, y a todo su pueblo y su tierra; y harás con él tal como hiciste con Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que habitaba en Hesbón». Así que el Señor nuestro Dios entregó también a Og, rey de Basán, con todo su pueblo en nuestra mano, y los[b] herimos hasta que no quedaron sobrevivientes[c]. Y tomamos en aquel entonces todas sus ciudades; no quedó ciudad que no les tomáramos: sesenta ciudades, toda la región de Argob, el reino de Og en Basán(B). Todas estas eran ciudades fortificadas con altas murallas, puertas y barras, aparte de muchos otros pueblos sin murallas. Las destruimos totalmente[d], como hicimos con Sehón, rey de Hesbón(C), exterminando[e] a todos los hombres, mujeres y niños de cada ciudad[f](D); pero tomamos como nuestro botín todos los animales y los despojos de las ciudades(E). Así tomamos entonces la tierra de mano de los dos reyes de los amorreos que estaban del otro lado del Jordán, desde el valle[g] del Arnón hasta el monte Hermón(F) (los sidonios llaman a Hermón(G), Sirión(H), y los amorreos lo llaman Senir(I)): 10 todas las ciudades de la meseta, todo Galaad y todo Basán(J), hasta Salca y Edrei, ciudades del reino de Og en Basán. 11 (Porque solo Og, rey de Basán, quedaba de los gigantes[h](K). Su[i] cama era una cama de hierro; está en Rabá(L) de los hijos de Amón. Tenía nueve codos[j] de largo y cuatro codos de ancho, según el codo de un hombre.)

Rubén, Gad y Manasés se establecen

12 Tomamos posesión, pues, de esta tierra en aquel tiempo. Desde Aroer, que está en el valle[k] del Arnón(M), y la mitad de la región montañosa de Galaad y sus ciudades, se la di a los rubenitas y a los gaditas(N). 13 Y el resto de Galaad y todo Basán, el reino de Og, toda la región de Argob, se la di a la media tribu de Manasés. (En cuanto a todo Basán, se le llama la tierra de los gigantes[l]. 14 Jair, hijo de Manasés, tomó toda la región de Argob hasta la frontera con Gesur y Maaca, y la[m] llamó, es decir a Basán, según su propio nombre, Havot-jair[n](O), como se llama hasta hoy.) 15 Y a Maquir le di Galaad(P). 16 A los rubenitas y a los gaditas les di desde Galaad hasta el valle[o] del Arnón, el medio del valle[p] como[q] frontera, hasta el arroyo Jaboc, frontera de los hijos de Amón(Q); 17 también el Arabá, con el Jordán como[r] frontera, desde el Cineret[s](R) hasta el mar del Arabá, el mar Salado(S), al pie[t] de las laderas del Pisga(T) al oriente.

18 (U)Y en aquel tiempo yo os ordené, diciendo: «El Señor vuestro Dios os ha dado esta tierra para poseerla; todos vosotros, hombres valientes, cruzaréis armados delante de vuestros hermanos, los hijos de Israel(V). 19 Pero vuestras mujeres(W), vuestros pequeños y vuestro ganado (yo sé que tenéis mucho ganado(X)), permanecerán en las ciudades que os he dado, 20 hasta que el Señor dé reposo a vuestros compatriotas como a vosotros, y posean ellos también la tierra que el Señor vuestro Dios les dará al otro lado del Jordán(Y). Entonces podréis volver cada hombre a la posesión que os he dado(Z)». 21 Y ordené a Josué en aquel tiempo, diciendo: «Tus ojos han visto todo lo que el Señor vuestro Dios ha hecho a estos dos reyes; así hará el Señor a todos los reinos por los cuales vas a pasar. 22 No les temáis, porque el Señor vuestro Dios es el que pelea por vosotros(AA)».

No se le concede a Moisés cruzar el Jordán

23 Yo también supliqué al Señor en aquel tiempo, diciendo: 24 «Oh Señor Dios[u], tú has comenzado a mostrar a tu siervo tu grandeza y tu mano poderosa(AB); porque ¿qué dios hay en los cielos o en la tierra que pueda hacer obras y hechos tan poderosos como los tuyos(AC)? 25 Permíteme, te suplico, cruzar y ver la buena tierra(AD) que está al otro lado del Jordán, aquella[v] buena región montañosa y el Líbano». 26 Pero el Señor se enojó conmigo a causa de vosotros(AE), y no me escuchó; y el Señor me dijo: «¡Basta![w] No me hables más de esto. 27 Sube a la cumbre del Pisga(AF) y alza tus ojos al occidente, al norte, al sur y al oriente, y mírala con tus propios ojos, porque tú no cruzarás este Jordán(AG). 28 Pero encarga a Josué, y anímale y fortalécele(AH), porque él pasará a la cabeza[x] de este pueblo, y él les dará por heredad la tierra que tú verás(AI)». 29 Y nos quedamos en el valle frente a Bet-peor(AJ).

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomio 3:1 Lit., él y
  2. Deuteronomio 3:3 Lit., lo
  3. Deuteronomio 3:3 Lit., no le quedó sobreviviente
  4. Deuteronomio 3:6 O, Las dedicamos al anatema
  5. Deuteronomio 3:6 O, dedicando al anatema
  6. Deuteronomio 3:6 Lit., toda ciudad de hombres
  7. Deuteronomio 3:8 O, torrente
  8. Deuteronomio 3:11 Heb., refaím
  9. Deuteronomio 3:11 Lit., He aquí, su
  10. Deuteronomio 3:11 Un codo equivale aprox. a 45 cm.
  11. Deuteronomio 3:12 O, torrente
  12. Deuteronomio 3:13 Heb., refaím
  13. Deuteronomio 3:14 Lit., las
  14. Deuteronomio 3:14 I.e., las aldeas de Jair
  15. Deuteronomio 3:16 O, torrente
  16. Deuteronomio 3:16 O, torrente
  17. Deuteronomio 3:16 Lit., y
  18. Deuteronomio 3:17 Lit., debajo de la
  19. Deuteronomio 3:17 I.e., mar de Galilea
  20. Deuteronomio 3:17 Lit., debajo
  21. Deuteronomio 3:24 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor
  22. Deuteronomio 3:25 Lit., esta
  23. Deuteronomio 3:26 Lit., ¡Basta de tu parte!
  24. Deuteronomio 3:28 Lit., delante

Conquests Recounted

“Then we turned and went up the road toward Bashan, and at Edrei, Og king of Bashan, with all his people came out to meet us in battle. And the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you, him and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.’ So the Lord our God also handed over Og king of Bashan, and all his people, into our hand and we struck him until no survivor was left. We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these cities were fortified and unassailable with their high walls, gates, and bars; in addition, [there were] a very great number of unwalled villages. We utterly destroyed them, just as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city—the men, women, and children. But we took all the cattle and the spoil of the cities as plunder for ourselves.

“So we took the land at that time from the hand of the two kings [Sihon and Og] of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir): 10 all the cities of the plain and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.” 11 (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the [the giants known as the] Rephaim. Behold, his bed frame was a bed frame of iron; is it not in [a]Rabbah of the Ammonites? It was nine cubits (12 ft.) long and four cubits (6 ft.) wide, using the cubit of a man [the forearm to the end of the middle finger].)

12 “So we took possession of this land at that time. I gave the territory from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, along with half of the hill country of Gilead and its cities to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, all the region of Argob (concerning all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim. 14 Jair the son (descendant) of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, that is Bashan, and called it after his own name, Havvoth (the villages of) Jair, as it is called to this day.) 15 I gave Gilead to Machir [of Manasseh]. 16 To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of Arnon, with the middle of the Valley as a boundary, and as far as the Jabbok River, the boundary of the sons of Ammon; 17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as its boundary, from Chinnereth (the Sea of Galilee) as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea (Dead Sea), at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

18 “Then I commanded you [Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh] at that time, saying, ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess; all you who are brave men shall cross over [the Jordan] armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel. 19 But your wives and your children and your cattle—I know that you have much livestock—shall remain in your cities which I have given you, 20 until the Lord gives rest to your fellow countrymen as [He has] to you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God has given them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the land (possession) which I have given to you.’ 21 I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen everything that the Lord your God has done to these two kings [Sihon and Og]; so the Lord shall do the same to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross. 22 Do not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you.’

23 “Then I pleaded with the Lord at that time [for His favor], saying, 24 ‘O Lord God, You have only begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth that can do such works and mighty acts (miracles) as Yours? 25 I pray, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country [with Hermon] and Lebanon.’ 26 But the Lord was angry with me because of you [and your rebellion at Meribah], and would not listen to me; and the Lord said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no longer about this matter.(A) 27 Go up to the top of [Mount] Pisgah and raise your eyes toward the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross this Jordan. 28 But command Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go across and lead this people, and he will give them the land which you see as an inheritance.’ 29 So we stayed in the Valley opposite Beth-peor.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 If this refers to Og’s actual bed frame (the same Hebrew word can mean “coffin”), it may have been displayed in Rabbah as an Ammonite trophy of war. Its size is impressive, though not an accurate way to determine Og’s height since any important man might have an unusually large bed as a symbol of his power or wealth. Concerning the name of the city, Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (309-246 b.c.) changed the name of Rabbah to Philadelphia during his reign (283-246 b.c.). Today Amman, capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is located in the area of this ancient site.

King Og Defeated(A)

“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and (B)Og king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle (C)at Edrei. And the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; you shall do to him as you did to (D)Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.’

“So the Lord our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan, with all his people, and we [a]attacked him until he had no survivors remaining. And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, (E)all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns. And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king (F)of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.

“And at that time we took the (G)land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount (H)Hermon (the Sidonians call (I)Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir), 10 (J)all the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and (K)all Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

11 (L)“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of (M)the [b]giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in (N)Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

The Land East of the Jordan Divided(O)

12 “And this (P)land, which we possessed at that time, (Q)from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and (R)its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites. 13 (S)The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the [c]giants. 14 (T)Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, (U)as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and (V)called Bashan after his own name, [d]Havoth Jair, to this day.)

15 “Also I gave (W)Gilead to Machir. 16 And to the Reubenites (X)and the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the River Arnon, the middle of the river as the border, as far as the River Jabbok, (Y)the border of the people of Ammon; 17 the plain also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth (Z)as far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah (AA)(the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.

18 “Then I commanded you at that time, saying: ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. (AB)All you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel. 19 But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities which I have given you, 20 until the Lord has given (AC)rest to your brethren as to you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may (AD)return to his possession which I have given you.’

21 “And (AE)I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms through which you pass. 22 You must not fear them, for (AF)the Lord your God Himself fights for you.’

Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land

23 “Then (AG)I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying: 24 ‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant (AH)Your greatness and Your [e]mighty hand, for (AI)what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds? 25 I pray, let me cross over and see (AJ)the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’

26 “But the Lord (AK)was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the Lord said to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter. 27 (AL)Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. 28 But (AM)command[f] Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’

29 “So we stayed in (AN)the valley opposite Beth Peor.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:3 struck
  2. Deuteronomy 3:11 Heb. rephaim
  3. Deuteronomy 3:13 Heb. rephaim
  4. Deuteronomy 3:14 Lit. Towns of Jair
  5. Deuteronomy 3:24 strong
  6. Deuteronomy 3:28 charge