Deuteronomy 3

Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

ثُمَّ تَحَوَّلْنَا وَاتَّجَهْنَا نَحْوَ طَرِيقِ بَاشَانَ، فَخَرَجَ عُوجُ مَلِكُ بَاشَانَ لِمُحَارَبَتِنَا بِكَامِلِ جَيْشِهِ، فِي إذْرَعِي.

The Lord said to me, “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.”

فَقَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: «لا تَخَفْ مِنْهُ. قَدْ نَصَرْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ مَعَ سَائِرِ جَيْشِهِ وَأَرْضِهِ، فَتَفْعَلُ بِهِ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ بِسِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِي كَانَ مُقِيماً فِي حَشْبُونَ.»

So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down, leaving no survivors.

فَحَقَّقَ لَنَا إِلَهُنَا النَّصْرَ أَيْضاً عَلَى عُوجٍ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ وَعَلَى سَائِرِ جَيْشِهِ، فَهَزَمْنَاهُ حَتَّى لَمْ يَنْجُ مِنْهُمْ حَيٌّ،

At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

وَاسْتَوْلَيْنَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ مُدُنِهِ وَكُلِّ قُرَاهُ. فَكَانَتْ فِي جُمْلَتِهَا سِتِّينَ مَدِينَةً مُنْتَشِرَةً فِي كُلِّ مِنْطَقَةِ أَرْجُوبَ الَّتِي تُشَكِّلُ مَمْلَكَةَ عُوجٍ فِي بَاشَانَ.

All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages.

وَكَانَتْ جَمِيعُ هَذِهِ مُدُناً مُحَصَّنَةً بِالأَسْوَارِ الْعَالِيَةِ وَالأَبْوَابِ وَالْمَزَالِيجِ، فَضْلاً عَنْ قُرَى الصَّحْرَاءِ الْكَثِيرَةِ.

We completely destroyed^[a] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying^[b] every city—men, women and children.

فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا كَمَا فَعَلْنَا بِمُدُنِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ حَشْبُونَ، وَقَضَيْنَا عَلَى الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالأَطْفَالِ.

But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

وَلَكِنَّنَا غَنِمْنَا لأَنْفُسِنَا كُلَّ الْبَهَائِمِ وَأَسْلابِ الْمُدُنِ.

So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.

وَأَخَذْنَا حِينَئِذٍ مِنْ أَيْدِي مَلِكَيِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الأَرْضَ الْوَاقِعَةَ شَرْقِيَّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ مِنْ وَادِي أَرْنُونَ حَتَّى جَبَلِ حَرْمُونَ.

(Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)

وَيَدْعُو الصِّيدُونِيُّونَ جَبَلَ حَرْمُونَ «سِرْيُونَ». أَمَّا الأَمُورِيُّونَ فَيَدْعُونَهُ «سَنِيرَ».

We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

وَهَكَذَا اسْتَوْلَيْنَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ مُدُنِ السَّهْلِ وَسَائِرِ جِلْعَادَ وَبَاشَانَ إِلَى سَلْخَةَ وَإِذْرَعِي مَدِينَتَيْ مَمْلَكَةِ عُوجٍ فِي بَاشَانَ.

(Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.^[c] It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

Division of the Land

وَكَانَ عُوجٌ آخِرَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ الرَّفَائِيِّينَ. وَكَانَ سَرِيرُهُ مَصْنُوعاً مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَلا يَزَالُ مَحْفُوظاً فِي (مُتْحَفِ) رَبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ. طُولُهُ تِسْعُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَمْتَارٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ) وَعَرْضُهُ أَرْبَعُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ).

تقسيم الأرض

Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns.

وَقَدِ امْتَلَكْنَا آنَئِذٍ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ، فَأَعْطَيْتُ لِلرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ وَالْجَادِيِّينَ بِلادَ عَرُوعِيرَ الْوَاقِعَةَ عَلَى وَادِي أَرْنُونَ وَنِصْفَ جَبَلِ جِلْعَادَ.

The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.

كَمَا أَعْطَيْتُ لِنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى بَقِيَّةَ جِلْعَادَ، وَكُلَّ مِنْطَقَةِ أَرْجُوبَ وَبَاشَانَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُشَكِّلُ مَمْلَكَةَ عُوجٍ، وَهِيَ تُدْعَى أَيْضاً أَرْضَ الرَّفَائِيِّينَ.

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites; it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.^[d])

فَأَخَذَ يَائِيرُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ مَنَسَّى جَمِيعَ مِنْطَقَةِ أَرْجُوبَ حَتَّى حُدُودِ الْجَشُورِيِّينَ وَالْمَعْكِيِّينَ، وَأَطْلَقَ اسْمَهُ عَلَى أَرْضِ بَاشَانَ، فَدَعَاهَا حَوُّوثَ يَائِيرَ (وَمَعْنَاهَا قُرَى يَائِيرَ) إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

And I gave Gilead to Makir.

كَذَلِكَ أَعْطَيْتُ مَاكِيرَ جِلْعَادَ.

But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites.

أَمَّا الرَّأُوبَيْنِيُّونَ وَالْجَادِيُّونَ فَقَدْ مَلَّكْتُهُمُ الْمِنْطَقَةَ الْمُمْتَدَّةَ مِنْ جِلْعَادَ حَتَّى مُنْتَصَفِ وَادِي أَرْنُونَ، حَيْثُ تَنْتَهِي حُدُودُهُمْ. وَكَذَلِكَ إِلَى وَادِي يَبُّوقَ الْمُتَاخِمِ لِحُدُودِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah, from Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.

كَمَا امْتَدَّتْ حُدُودُهُمْ إِلَى الْغَرْبِ حَتَّى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي وَادِي الْعَرَبَةِ، مِنْ كِنَّارَةَ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ الْمَيِّتِ تَحْتَ سُفُوحِ جَبَلِ الْفِسْجَةِ شَرْقاً.

I commanded you at that time: “The Lord your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.

وَأَمَرْتُ سِبْطَيْ رَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادٍ وَنِصْفَ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى قَائِلاً: قَدْ أَوْرَثَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ هَذِهِ الأَرْضَ لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا. فَلْيَعْبُرْ أَبْطَالُكُمْ مُدَجَّجِينَ بِالسِّلاحِ فِي طَلِيعَةِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you,

وَلْتَمْكُثْ نِسَاؤُكُمْ وَأَطْفَالُكُمْ وَمَوَاشِيكُمْ، الَّتِي أَعْلَمُ كَثْرَتَهَا، فِي مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَكُمْ

until the Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”

Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

إِلَى أَنْ يَمْتَلِكَ إِخْوَتُكُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَهُمْ غَرْبِيَّ الأُرْدُنِّ وَيُرِيحُهُمْ مِثْلَكُمْ. ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ كُلٌّ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ الَّذِي وَهَبْتُهُ لَهُ.

منع موسى من عبور الأردن

At that time I commanded Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. The Lord will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going.

وَقُلْتُ حِينَذَاكَ لِيَشُوعَ: «لَقَدْ شَهِدَتْ عَيْنَاكَ مَا أَنْزَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِهَذَيْنِ الْمَلِكَيْنِ، فَإِنَّهُ هَكَذَا سَيَصْنَعُ بِجَمِيعِ الْمَمَالِكِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ عَابِرٌ إِلَيْهَا.

Do not be afraid of them; the Lord your God himself will fight for you.”

لَا تَجْزَعُوا مِنْهُمْ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يُحَارِبُ عَنْكُمْ».

At that time I pleaded with the Lord:

وَتَضَرَّعْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ قَائِلاً:

“Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?

«يَا سَيِّدُ هَا أَنْتَ قَدِ ابْتَدَأْتَ تُعْلِنُ لِعَبْدِكَ عَظَمَتَكَ وَقُوَّةَ قُدْرَتِكَ فَأَيُّ إِلَهٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَعَلَى الأَرْضِ يُجْرِي مِثْلَ أَعْمَالِكَ وَجَبَرُوتِكَ.

Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.”

دَعْنِي أَعْبُرُ لأَرَى لُبْنَانَ وَالأَرْضَ الْخَصِيبَةَ غَرْبِيَّ الأُرْدُنِّ بِتِلالِهَا الطَّيِّبَةِ».

But because of you the Lord was angry with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

لَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ غَضِبَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ، وَلَمْ يَسْتَجِبْ لِي، بَلْ قَالَ: كَفَاكَ. لَا تَعُدْ تُكَلِّمُنِي فِي هَذَا الأَمْرِ.

Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.

اصْعَدْ إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ الْفِسْجَةِ وَتَلَفَّتْ إِلَى الْغَرْبِ وَالشِّمَالِ وَالْجَنُوبِ وَالشَّرْقِ وَشَاهِدِ الأَرْضَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ لَكِنْ لَنْ تَعْبُرَ إِلَى غَرْبِيِّ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ.

But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.”

إِنَّمَا يَشُوعُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقُودُ هَذَا الشَّعْبَ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَقْسِمُ لَهُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي تُشَاهِدُهَا. كَذَلِكَ أَوْصِهِ وَثَبِّتْهُ وَشَجِّعْهُ.

So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.

وَهَكَذَا مَكَثْنَا فِي الْوَادِي مُقَابِلَ بَيْتِ فَغُورَ.