¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up^(A) the water of the Red Sea^[a] for you when you came out of Egypt,^(B) and what you did to Sihon and Og,^(C) the two kings of the Amorites^(D) east of the Jordan,^(E) whom you completely destroyed.^[b](F)

Defeat of Sihon and Og

²¹ Israel sent messengers^(A) to say to Sihon^(B) king of the Amorites:^(C)

²³ But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory.^(E) He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz,^(F) he fought with Israel.^{(G) 24} Israel, however, put him to the sword^(H) and took over his land^(I) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(J) but only as far as the Ammonites,^(K) because their border was fortified. ²⁵ Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites^(L) and occupied them,^(M) including Heshbon^(N) and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶ Heshbon was the city of Sihon^(O) king of the Amorites,^(P) who had fought against the former king of Moab^(Q) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.^(R)

²⁷ That is why the poets say:

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

³² After Moses had sent spies^(AD) to Jazer,^(AE) 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^(AF),^(AG) and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.^(AH)

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.^(AI)”

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

²⁴ He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know^(A) that the hand of the Lord is powerful^(B) and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.^(C)”

³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the Lord^(A) your God had made his spirit stubborn^(B) and his heart obstinate^(C) in order to give him into your hands,^(D) as he has now done.

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.”^(E)

³² When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle^(F) at Jahaz, ³³ the Lord our God delivered^(G) him over to us and we struck him down,^(H) together with his sons and his whole army. ³⁴ At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed^[a](I) them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. ³⁵ But the livestock^(J) and the plunder^(K) from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. ³⁶ From Aroer^(L) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead,^(M) not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave^(N) us all of them. ³⁷ But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God,^(O) you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites,^(P) neither the land along the course of the Jabbok^(Q) 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^(R) with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.^{(S) 2} The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid^(T) 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,^(U) leaving no survivors.^{(V) 4} At that time we took all his cities.^(W) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom^(X) in Bashan.^{(Y) 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](Z) every city—men, women and children. ⁷ But all the livestock^(AA) 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^(AB) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.^(AC)

²¹ Then Moses stretched out his hand^(A) over the sea,^(B) and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind^(C) and turned it into dry land.^(D) The waters were divided,^{(E) 22} and the Israelites went through the sea^(F) on dry ground,^(G) with a wall^(H) of water on their right and on their left.

²³ The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen^(I) followed them into the sea. ²⁴ During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud^(J) at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion.^{(K) 25} He jammed^[a] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting^(L) for them against Egypt.”^(M)

²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” ²⁷ Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place.^(N) The Egyptians were fleeing toward^[b] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea.^{(O) 28} The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea.^(P) Not one of them survived.^(Q)

²⁹ But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground,^(R) with a wall^(S) of water on their right and on their left. ³⁰ That day the Lord saved^(T) Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. ³¹ And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand^(U) of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared^(V) the Lord and put their trust^(W) in him and in Moses his servant.