CHAPTER III _The war with_ OG, _king of_ Bashan, 1, 2. _He is defeated_, 3. _Sixty fortified cities with many unwalled towns taken_, 4, 5. _The utter destruction of the people_, 6. _The spoils_, 7; _and extent of the land taken_, 8-10. _Account of_ OG'S _iron bedstead_, 11. _The land given t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:4. _ALL THE REGION OF ARGOB_] כל חבל ארגב _col chebel Argob,_ all the _cable_ or cord of Argob; this expression, which is used in various other parts of Scripture, (see, in the original, Amos 7:17; Micah 2:5; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 16:6), shows that anciently land was measured... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:9. _HERMON THE SIDONIANS CALL - SHENIR_] I suppose this verse to have been a marginal remark, which afterwards got incorporated with the text, or an addition by Joshua or Ezra.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:11. _OG KING OF BASHAN REMAINED_] Og was the last king of the Amorites; his kingdom appears to have taken its name from the hill of _Bashan_; the country has been since called _Batanaea_. _REMNANT OF GIANTS_] Of the _Rephaim_. See on Deuteronomy 2:10-5. _HIS BEDSTEAD_ WAS - _OF... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:14. _BASHAN-HAVOTH-JAIR_] Bashan of the _cities of Jair_; see Numbers 32:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:17. _FROM CHINNERETH_] Numbers 34:11, Numbers 34:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verses Deuteronomy 3:24-5. The prayer of Moses recorded in these two verses, and his own reflections on it, Deuteronomy 3:26, are very affecting. He had suffered much both in body and mind in bringing the people to the borders of the promised land; and it was natural enough for him to wish to see t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:26. _LET IT SUFFICE THEE_] רב לך _rab lach_, _there is an_ _abundance to thee _- thou hast had honour enough already, and may well dispense with going over Jordan. He surely has no reason to complain who is taken from earthly felicity to heavenly glory. In this act God showed to... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:28. _BUT CHARGE JOSHUA, C._] Give him _authority_ in the sight of the people, let them see that he has the same _commission_ which I gave to thee. _Encourage him_ for he will meet with many difficulties in the work to which he is called. _And strengthen_ _him _- show him my unfai... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Deuteronomy 3:29. _BETH-PEOR._] This was a city in the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites; and as בית _beth_ signifies a _house_, the place probably had its name from a _temple_ of the god Peor, who was worshipped there. _Peor_ was nearly the same among the Moabites that _Priapus_ was among... [ Continue Reading ]