Deuteronomy 3:12-17
New Living Translation
Land Division East of the Jordan
12 “When we took possession of this land, I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory beyond Aroer along the Arnon Gorge, plus half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns. 13 Then I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan—Og’s former kingdom—to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This entire Argob region of Bashan used to be known as the land of the Rephaites. 14 Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, conquered the whole Argob region in Bashan, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. Jair renamed this region after himself, calling it the Towns of Jair,[a] as it is still known today.) 15 I gave Gilead to the clan of Makir. 16 But I also gave part of Gilead to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The area I gave them extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge in the south to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite frontier. 17 They also received the Jordan Valley, all the way from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea,[b] with the Jordan River serving as the western boundary. To the east were the slopes of Pisgah.
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Deuteronomy 3:12-17
Lexham English Bible
12 And so we took possession of this land at that time, from Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadi[a] of Arnon, and also half of the hill country of Gilead and its towns I gave to the Reubenites[b] and to the Gadites.[c] 13 And the remainder of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the whole region of Argo. All of that area of Bashan was called the land of the Rephaim. 14 Jair the descendant[d] of Manasseh acquired the whole region of Argob, up to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and he called it,[e] that is Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth Jair, as it still is today.[f] 15 And also I gave Gilead to Makir. 16 And to the Reubenites[g] and to the Gadites[h] I gave, from Gilead up to the wadi[i] of Arnon, the middle of the wadi[j] as a boundary and up to the Jabbok River,[k] the boundary of the Ammonites.[l] 17 And the Jordan Valley[m] with the Jordan River as its boundary, from Kinnereth[n] up to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea,[o] with the slopes of Pisgah toward the east.
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- Deuteronomy 3:12 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Deuteronomy 3:12 Hebrew “Reubenite”
- Deuteronomy 3:12 Hebrew “Gadite”
- Deuteronomy 3:14 Or “son”
- Deuteronomy 3:14 Hebrew “them”
- Deuteronomy 3:14 Literally “up to this day”
- Deuteronomy 3:16 Hebrew “Reubenite”
- Deuteronomy 3:16 Hebrew “Gadite”
- Deuteronomy 3:16 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Deuteronomy 3:16 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- Deuteronomy 3:16 Literally “wadi,” which here refers to a flowing river
- Deuteronomy 3:16 Literally “sons/children of Ammon”
- Deuteronomy 3:17 Literally “Arabah”
- Deuteronomy 3:17 Or “Chinnereth,” the Sea of Galilee
- Deuteronomy 3:17 Or the Dead Sea
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