Add parallel Print Page Options

31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.[a] 32 Moses sent to explore Jaazer; they captured its environs[b] and dispossessed the Amorites[c] who were there.

33 Then they turned and went up by the way of the Bashan, and Og king of the Bashan and all his people went out to meet them for battle at Edrei. 34 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Do not fear him because I will give him and all his people and all his land into your hand. You will do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,[d] who was living in Heshbon.” 35 And so they destroyed him and his sons, and all his people until they had not spared a survivor; and they took possession of his land.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:31 Hebrew “Amorite”
  2. Numbers 21:32 Hebrew “her daughters;” other modern versions translate “its villages”
  3. Numbers 21:32 Hebrew “Amorite”
  4. Numbers 21:34 Hebrew “Amorite”

31 Israel settled in the land of the Amorites. 32 Moses sent spies to Jazer. They captured its villages and took possession of the Amorites who were there. 33 Then they turned and ascended the road of Bashan. Og, Bashan’s king, came out at Edrei to meet them in battle, he and all his people. 34 The Lord said to Moses: Don’t be afraid of him, for I have handed over all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon.

35 They slaughtered Og, his sons, and all his people until there were no survivors. Then they took possession of his land.

Read full chapter