Deuteronomy 3:17

_THE PLAIN ALSO, AND JORDAN, AND THE COAST THEREOF, FROM CHINNERETH EVEN UNTO THE SEA OF THE PLAIN, EVEN THE SALT SEA, UNDER ASHDOTHPISGAH EASTWARD._ The plain also - i:e., the Arabah, including the Ghor....

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....

Verse Deuteronomy 3:17. _FROM CHINNERETH_] Numbers 34:11, Numbers 34:11....

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

THE PLAIN ALSO, AND JORDAN,.... The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river: AND THE COAST THEREOF; the country adjoining to it: FROM CHINNERETH EVEN UNTO THE SEA OF THE PLAIN, [EVEN] THE SALT SEA; that is, from Gennesaret, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, called the land of Gennesaret, Matthew 14:34, from thence to the sea of Sodom, the sea of the plain, where the cities of the plain stood, Sodom, Gomorrah, c. and the salt sea, so called from the salt and nitrous waters of it, the lake Asphaltites: UNDER ASHDOTHPISGAH EASTWARD mentioned among the cities given to the tribe of Reuben, Joshua 13:20 rendered "the springs of Pisgah",...

ASHDOTH-PISGAH That is, the springs of Pisgah, or the hill....

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...

CHINNERETH. Afterward called Gennesaret, compare Numbers 34:11.Joshua 19:35. So called from its shape, _kinnor_,. harp. THE PLAIN. Hebrew. _'Arabah_. See Deuteronomy 1:1. ASHDOTH-PISGAH. the springs of Pisgah. Note the Figure of speech Polyonymia (App-6) in this verse....

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;...