Sihon the Amorite subdued.

Before

1451.

non: behold, I have given into CHRIST thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: + Heb. begin, begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

possess.

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: k Josh. 11. 20. for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, have begun to mgive Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and Pwe smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the

The conquest of Og.

LORD our God delivered all un- Before to us:

t

37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbade us.

CHAPTER III. 1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Bashan. 11 The bigness of his bed. 12 The distribution of those lands to the two tribes and half. 23 Moses' prayer to enter into the land. 26 He is permitted to see it.

HEN we turned, and went up

CHRIST 1451.

Gen. 32. 22.

Num. 21. 24. ch. 3. 16.

ver. 5, 9, 19.

&c.

the way to Bashan: and Og Num. 21.33, the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle bat Edrei.

ch. 29.7.

b ch. 1. 4.

2 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 Amo- Num. 21.34. rites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

c

3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: dand we smote him until 4 Num. 21.35. none was left to him remaining. 4 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 1 Kings 4.13. of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

e

5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king fof Heshbon, utterly destroying fch. 2. 24. the men, women, and children, of every city.

7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Her

man.

12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and Pthe cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

Moses' prayer to see the land.

unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.

23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

f

Before CHRIST 1451.

Ex. 14. 14.

ch. 1. 30. &
20. 4.

See 2 Cor.

12. 8, 9.

ch. 11. 2.

Ex. 15. 11. m. 1, 22

Ps. 71. 19. & 86. 8. & 89. 6,8.

ch. 4. 22.

r

14 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, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.

15 u And I gave Gilead unto

chir.

ain, and Lebanon.

26 But the LORD kwas 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.

& Num. 20. 12. & 27. 14. ch. 1. 37. &

31. 2. & 32. Ps. 106. 32.

51, 52. & 34.4.

1Num. 27. 12. 10r. The

hill.

16 And unto the Reubenites wand unto the Gadites gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river JabNum. 21. 24. bok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

Josh. 12. 2.

y Num. 34. 11. Z Num. 34. 12. ch. 4. 49. Joshi. 12. 3 a Gen. 14. 3. Or, under the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill.

b Num. 32. 20, &c.

† Heb. sons of power.

© Josh. 22. 4.

d Num. 27. 18.

17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from y Chinnereth zeven unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

18 ¶ And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: bye shall pass over

armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are t meet for the war.

19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 21 ¶ 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

An exhortation to obedience.

Before CHRIST 1451.

dJob 28. 28. Ps. 19. 7. & 111. 10. Prov. 1. 7.

2 Sam. 7. 23.

5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

7 For what nation is there so Ps. 46. 1. & great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

145. 18. & 148. 14. Is. 55. 6.

& 4. 21.

8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

9 Only take heed to thyself, and Prov. 4. 235 keep thy soul diligently, lest Prov. 3.1, 3. thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but iteach them thy sons, and thy sons'

i Gen. 18. 19. ch. 6. 7. & 11. 12. Ps. 78. 5, 6. Eph. 6. 4.

k Ex. 19.9.

Heb. 12. 18, 19.

sons;

10 Specially the day that thou 16. & 20. 18. stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

1 Ex. 19. 18. ch. 5. 23.

† Heb. heart.

mcl. 5. 4, 22.

n ver. 33, 36. • Ex. 20. 22. 1 Kings 19. 12.

† Heb. save a voice.

Pch. 9. 9, 11.

4 Ex. 34. 28. r Ex. 24 12. & 31, 18.

$ Ex. 21. 1. &

23.

11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the I mountain burned with fire unto the t midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 m And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: nye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; ot only ye heard a voice.

13 P And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even aten commandments; and rhe wrote them upon two tables of stone.

14 And the LORD commandch. 22. & c. ed me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye

t Josh. 23. 11.

saw no manner of "similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and y make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: 22 But I must die in this land, See 2 Pet. 1. hI must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. 24 For m the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, t Ps. 115.4, 5. Wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, ch. 30.1,2,3. thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

" Lev. 26, 39, 40.

2 Chr. 15. 4.
Neh. 1. 9.

1s. 55. 6. 7. Jer. 29. 12, 13, 14. † Heb. hare found thee, Ex. 18. 8. ch. 31. 17. * Gen. 49. 1. ch. 31. 29. Jer. 23. 20. Hos. 3. 5. y Joel 2. 12. Z2 Chr. 30. 9. Neh. 9. 31. Ps. 116. 5. Jonah 4. 2.

a Job 8.8.

30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things tare come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou y turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

31 (For the LORD thy God is za merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them.

32 For aask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and b Matt. 24. 31. ask bfrom the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

n

seed after them, and m brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

Before

CHRIST

1451.

Ex. 13.3, 9,

14.

ch. 7. 1. & 9.1, 4, 5.

39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in ver. 35. heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

Josh. 2. 11.

6. 3, 18. & 12. 25, 28. & 22.

40 P Thou shalt keep therefore P Lev. 22.31 his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well ch. 5. 16. & with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

7.

Eph. 6. 3.

14.

41 Then Moses severed three Num. 35. 6, cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

42 That the slayer might fleech. 19. 4. thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

43 Namely, Bezer in the wil-Josh. 20. 8. derness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judg ments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

46 On this side Jordan, "in the "ch. 3. 29. valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they Num. 21. 24. were come forth out of Egypt:

cl. L. 4.

ch. 3. 3, 4.

47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Ba- Num. 21. 35. shan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

3. 12.

48 From Aroer, which is by ch. 2. 36. & the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is a Hermon,

49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even un

a ch. 3. 9. P's. 133. 3.

The covenant in Horeb.

Before CHRIST 1451.

b ch. 3. 17.

† Heb. keep to do them. 1491.

a Ex. 19. 5. ch. 4. 23. b See Matt. 13. 17. Heb. 8. 9.

Ex. 19. 9, 19. & 20. 22. ch. 4. 33, 36. & 34. 10.

d Ex. 20. 21. Gal. 3. 19.

CHAPTER V.

6 The ten com

1 The covenant in Horeb.
Moses receiveth the law from God.

mandments. 22 At the people's request

Moses called Israel,

A and said unto them, Hear;
O Israel, the statutes and judg-
ments which I speak in your
ears this day, that ye may learn
them, and keep and do them.
2 a The LORD our God made a
covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The LORD bmade not this
covenant with our fathers, but
with us, even us, who are all of us
here alive this day.

4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for Ex. 19.16. & eye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount,) saying,

20. 18. & 24.

2.

f Ex. 20. 2, &c. Lev. 26. 1. ch. 6. 4. P's. 81. 10. † Heb.

servants.

Ex. 20. 3.

h Ex. 20. 4.

i Ex. 34. 7.

k Jer. 32. 18. Dan. 9. 4.

1 Ex. 20. 7. Lev. 19. 12. Matt. 5. 33.

m Ex. 20.8.

n Ex. 23. 12. & 35.2. Ez. 20. 12.

• Gen. 2. 2. Ex. 16.29, 30. Heb. 4. 4.

6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of + bondage.

75 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

8hThou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

12 m Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.

13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh

"15 And remember that thou Peh. 15. 15. & wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence 4 through a mighty hand and by 4ch. 4. 34, 37. a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 Honour thy father and Ex. 20. 12. thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolong-ch. 4. 40. ed, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

23 And it came to pass, when Ex. 20. 18, ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and cwe have heard his voice out of Ex. 19. 19. the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: eif we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 26 fFor who is there of all flesh,

dch. 4. 33. Judg. 13. 22.

ch. 18. 16. Heh, add

to hear.

fel. 4. 33.