Deuteronomy 3:16

_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, WHICH IS THE BORDER OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON;_ From Gilead - i:e., not the mountainous region, but the town Ramoth-gilead. EVEN UNTO THE RIVER ARNON HALF THE VALLEY. The word "valley" signifies a wady, either filled with water or dry, as the Arnon is in summer; and thus the proper rendering of the passage will be-`even to the half or middle of the river Arnon' (cf. Joshua 12:2). This prudent arrangement of the boundaries was evidently made to prevent all disputes between the adjacent tribes about the exclusive right to the water....

12-20 This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Deuteronomy 3:32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another....

The sense is that the Reubenites and Gadites were to possess the district from the Jabbok on the north to the Arnon on the south, including the middle part of the valley of the Arnon, and the territory (“coast” or “border”) thereto pertaining....

EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 3:1 CONQUEST OF OG,_ _KING OF_ _BASHAN. The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by _the Moabites _and the _Edomites _from the giant aborigines; and Og, who was of the same giant race, ruled over the northern half of _the _region of _Gilead _and _over _all Bashan. This district also God purposed Israel to possess; and therefore, before crossing the _Jordan_, a_ _diversion was made north. wards by the Israelites, for the purpose of attacking this powerful chief. Og en_countered them _with all _his host_,_ but _was signally defeated, and he and all his people were exterminated. Not fewer than three score fortified citi

AND UNTO THE REUBENITES, AND UNTO THE GADITES,.... The tribes of Reuben and Gad: I GAVE FROM GILEAD EVEN UNTO THE RIVER ARNON: see Deuteronomy 3:12 HALF THE VALLEY AND THE BORDER; or rather half the river, the river Arnon; and so it is rendered "the middle of the river", in Joshua 12:2 and so here the middle of the torrent by the Vulgate Latin and Septuagint versions, and by Onkelos: EVEN UNTO THE RIVER JABBOK, WHICH IS THE BORDER OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON; beyond which the land given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad reached not; see Deuteronomy 2:37....

CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The conquest of Og (Deuteronomy 3:1)_ 2. The land possessed (Deuteronomy 3:12) 3. Joshua in the place of Moses (Deuteronomy 3:21) In obedience to the word of the Lord, they went to battle against Og, the king of Bashan. Obedience to the Lord and its results and blessing are the marks of the second and third Chapter s of Deuteronomy, while the first chapter shows disobedience and its fruit. The kingdom of Og in Bashan was a powerful kingdom. The cities had high walls with gates and bars. Their number was sixty. Archaeological research has proven the existence of strong and fortified cities in that territory, the ruins of which may still be seen. The

DEUTERONOMY 3:8 gives an account of the distribution, between Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, of the territories taken from the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og. Deuteronomy 3:8. beyond Jordan: see Deuteronomy 1:1. Deuteronomy 3:9. The same mountain bore the names (_a)_ Hermon, _i.e._ sacred mount, perhaps the root is that of the verb to devote (Deuteronomy 2:34 *), _cf. harem_ (Arabic), temple, women's enclosure; (_b_) Sirion, the Sidonian name; (_c_) Senir (so read in...

Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_(Deuteronomy 3:29), a review of Israel's experiences since they left Ḥoreb. In the Plur. form of address except for the following fragments Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 1:21;...

_VER._ 16. _HALF THE VALLEY, AND THE BORDER, EVEN UNTO THE RIVER JABBOK_— Or, _What is between the river and its border, as far as to the river Jabbok._ Wat. _Regionem intermediam._ Houb. See Joshua 12:2....

8. EXTENT AND DIVISION OF CONQUERED EAST-SIDE LANDS (Deuteronomy 3:12-17) 12 And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites: 13 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Macathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.) 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border thereof, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the bo