Introduction
Early conquests on the eastern side of Jordan.
Questions
1. What did the LORD say to Moses when Og the king of Bashan came out against them?
v 2 ... “Don’t fear him; for I have delivered him, with all his people, and his land, into your hand. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”
2. To which three tribes did Moses give the land of the two kings of the Amorites?
v 12 and 13 This land we took in possession ... I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites; and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh ...
3. From which mountain was Moses able to see all of the promised land?
v 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah [near Mt. Nebo], and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes …
Summary Points
- v 1 to 11 Moses reminds the people that Og king of Bashan came out to battle against the Israelites at Edrei and was defeated. They took 60 of his cities in addition to the land they had already taken from Sihon (chapter 2)
- v 12 to 17 The land they had taken was shared out among three tribes
- v 18 to 22 The three tribes were to help the other tribes to conquer the land beyond Jordan. Joshua was encouraged by knowing that God would go with him
v 23 to 29 Moses was disappointed not to be going into the promised land but God allowed him to see it from the top of Pisgah. God then told him to commission Joshua as his successor to lead the people into the land he could see