cities, besides villages, were captured by the Israelites, the whole country was subjugated, and all the cattle and material property taken as booty (cf. Numb. 21:33–35) (Dt 3:1-11).
Ver. 11.—Bashan was of old possessed by a giant race, the Rephâim (Gen. 14:5); but of these Og, King of Bashan, was, at the time of the Israeli invasion, the sole remnant. His vast size is indicated by the size of his bedstead, which was preserved in Rabbath-Ammon, perhaps as a trophy of some victory obtained by the Ammonites over their gigantic foe. This measured nine cubits in length, and four in breadth, “after the cubit of a man,” i.e. according to the cubit in common use. Taking the cubit as equal to eighteen inches, the measure of the bedstead would be thirteen feet and a half by six feet.
Vers. 12–17.—Distribution of the conquered land. The countries thus conquered by the Israelites were assigned by Moses to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh. The southern portion, from Aroer, in the valley of the Arnon, to the Jabbok, with its towns (see Josh. 12:15–20, 24–28), was assigned to the Reubenites and the Gadites; and the northern portion, from the Jabbok, comprehending, with Gilead, the whole of Bashan, or Argob, to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Conclusion of the Historical Recapitulation (Vers. 3:18–29). Joshua was appointed as Moses’ successor in the leadership (3:21-22) Ver. 21.—At that time, i.e. after the conquest of the land on the east of the Jordan (see Numb. 27:12, etc.). Thine eyes have seen, etc. Joshua was directed
“Moses prayed that he be allowed to cross over and see the Promised Land. “Let me, I pray, cross over and see the fair land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.’ “But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; and the LORD said to me, ‘Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter. ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. ‘But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go across at the head of this people, and he shall give them as an inheritance the land which you will see” (Dt 3:25-28).
The recitation of history over Israel is now urged to obey God’s Laws. “AND now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, in order that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. “You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you” (Dt 4:1-2). Thus ends Moses first discourse, the review of the desert wanderings.
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[vi] Deuteronomy. 1909 (H. D. M. Spence-Jones, Ed.). The Pulpit Commentary (19). London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
[vii] Wood, D. R. W. ; Marshall, I. Howard: New Bible Dictionary. 3rd ed. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1996, S. 1229
[viii] Deuteronomy. 1909 (H. D. M. Spence-Jones, Ed.). The Pulpit Commentary (21–22). London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
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