CHAPTER 3 THE DEFEAT OF OG AND THE DIVISION OF TRANSJORDAN. The first three verses of this chapter are an almost exact reproduction of Numbers 21:33) with slight changes to fit it into speech (altering ‘they' to ‘we'). They describe the defeat of Og, king of Bashan. This is then followed by a more... [ Continue Reading ]
A DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE LAND THAT IS CAPTURED (DEUTERONOMY 3:8). a They took out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites in Transjordan the land from Mount Hermon in the north to the River Arnon (the border with Moab) in the south, all being in Beyond Jordan eastwards (Deuteronomy 3:8). b... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHARGE TO THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES SETTLING IN TRANSJORDAN (DEUTERONOMY 3:18). The great victories over Sihon and Og having been described, along with the giving of their land to the two and a half tribes of Israel, the charge is now given for the advancement on the land proper. It is given, f... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES' PLEA TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THE LAND (DEUTERONOMY 3:23). But one of the things that grieved Moses most was the fact that through his own sin of impatience, carelessness, petulance and uncontrolled anger in smiting the rock at Meribah when he had been told only to speak the powerful word of Yahw... [ Continue Reading ]