{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/deuteronomy/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:13:46.652Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Deuteronomy","bookSlug":"deuteronomy","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":34,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"All these cities <i>were</i> fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that <i>was</i> on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"(<i>Which</i> Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead <i>was</i> a bedstead of iron; <i>is</i> it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits <i>was</i> the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And this land, <i>which</i> we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which <i>is</i> by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, <i>being</i> the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And I gave Gilead unto Machir."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, <i>which is</i> the border of the children of Ammon;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast <i>thereof</i>, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, <i>even</i> the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all <i>that are</i> meet for the war."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (<i>for</i> I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and <i>until</i> they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and <i>then</i> shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God <i>is there</i> in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that <i>is</i> beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold <i>it</i> with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But charge 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 thou shalt see."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor."}],"citation":{"inline":"Deuteronomy 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Deuteronomy 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/deuteronomy/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/deuteronomy/3 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}