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Deuteronomy Chapter Three                            

 

Deuteronomy 3 Outlines

King Og Defeated (v.1~11)

The Land East of the Jordan Divided (v.12~22)

Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land (v.23~29)

New King James Version (NKJV)

 

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 3

In this chapter the account is carried on of the conquest of the Amorites by Israel of Og king of Bashan and his kingdom Deuteronomy 3:1 and of the distribution of their country to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh Deuteronomy 1:12 and then the command to the said tribes is observed to go out armed before their brethren and assist them in the conquest of the land of Canaan and then return to their possessions Deuteronomy 3:18 and also that to Joshua not to fear but to do to the Canaanitish kings and kingdoms what he had seen done to the two kings of the Amorites Deuteronomy 3:21. After which Moses relates the request he made to go over Jordan and see the good land which was denied him only he is bidden to look from the top of an hill to see it Deuteronomy 3:23. And the chapter is closed with the charge he was to give Joshua Deuteronomy 3:28 which was received in the valley where they abode Deuteronomy 3:29.

 

Deuteronomy 3:1   “Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and Og king of Bashan came out against us he and all his people to battle at Edrei.

   YLT  1`And we turn and go up the way to Bashan and Og king of Bashan cometh out to meet us he and all his people to battle [to] Edrei.

Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan .... Which seems to have been higher than the kingdom of Sihon: this was a fine country for pasturage for the breeding of cattle larger and lesser and was famous for its oaks: it is the same country which in Josephus and others goes by the name of Batanea:

and Og the king of Bashan came out against us; got his forces together and came out from Ashteroth the royal city where he dwelt:

he and all his people to battle at Edrei; another city in his kingdom about six miles from the former; see Deuteronomy 1:4.

 

Deuteronomy 3:2   2 And the Lord said to me ‘Do not fear him for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt at Heshbon.’

   YLT  2`And Jehovah saith unto me Fear him not for into thy hand I have given him and all his people and his land and thou hast done to him as thou hast done to Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon.

And the Lord said unto me .... When Og was marching with all his forces against Israel:

fear him not &c; See Gill on Numbers 21:34.

 

Deuteronomy 3:3   3 “So the Lord our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan with all his people and we attacked him until he had no survivors remaining.

   YLT  3`And Jehovah our God giveth into our hands also Og king of Bashan and all his people and we smite him till there hath not been left to him a remnant;

So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also the king of Bashan and all his people .... As well as Sihon king of Heshbon:

and we smote him till none was left to him remaining; or left alive all were slain with the sword; See Gill on Numbers 21:35.

 

Deuteronomy 3:4   4 And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities all the region of Argob the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

   YLT  4and we capture all his cities at that time there hath not been a city which we have not taken from them sixty cities all the region of Argob the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

And we took all his cities at that time .... Not only Edrei where the battle was fought and Ashteroth his capital city but all the rest in his kingdom:

there was not a city which we took not from them; not one stood out but all surrendered on summons; the number of which follows:

three score cities; which was a large number for so small a country and shows it to be well inhabited:

all the region of Argob; which was a small province of

the kingdom of Og in Bashan: Aben Ezra and Jarchi observe that it was called after a man i.e. whose name was Argob; the Targum of Onkelos names it Tracona and the Targum of Jonathan Targona the same with Trachonitis in Josephus and other authors; see Luke 3:1 Jerom relatesF8De loc. Heb. fol. 87. M. that in his time about Gerasa a city of Arabia fifteen miles from it to the west there was a village which was called Arga which seems to carry in it some remains of the ancient name of this country; and the Samaritan version in all places where Argob is calls it Rigobaah; and in the MisnahF9Misn. Menachot c. 8. sect. 3. mention is made of a place called Ragab beyond Jordan famous for its being the second place for the best oil.

 

Deuteronomy 3:5   5 All these cities were fortified with high walls gates and bars besides a great many rural towns.

   YLT  5All these [are] cities fenced with high walls two-leaved doors and bar apart from cities of villages very many;

All these cities were fenced with high walls gates and bars .... That is all the cities in the kingdom of Bashan; and though they were it hindered not their falling into the hands of the Israelites; and this might serve to encourage them against those fears they were possessed of by the spies with respect to the cities in the land of Canaan; see Numbers 13:28.

besides unwalled towns a great many; small towns and villages adjacent to the several cities as is common.

 

Deuteronomy 3:6   6 And we utterly destroyed them as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon utterly destroying the men women and children of every city.

   YLT  6and we devote them as we have done to Sihon king of Heshbon devoting every city men the women and the infants;

And we utterly destroyed them .... Not the cities but the inhabitants of them:

as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon; they did not destroy his cities for they took them and dwelt in them; but the people that lived there as follows here:

utterly destroying the men women and children of every city; see Deuteronomy 2:34.

 

Deuteronomy 3:7   7 But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.

   YLT  7and all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we have spoiled for ourselves.

But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities .... The oxen and sheep camels and asses; their gold and silver and the furniture of their houses; their stores of corn and of other fruits of the earth even all their substance of whatsoever kind:

we took for a prey to ourselves; made them their own property and used them for their own profit and service whereby they became greatly enriched.

 

Deuteronomy 3:8   8 “And at that time we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon

   YLT  8`And we take at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorite which is beyond the Jordan from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon;

And we took at that time out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites .... Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan:

the land that was on this side Jordan; where Moses then was being in the plains of Moab and was the country beyond Jordan with respect to the land of Canaan and when in that:

from the river of Arnon unto Mount Hermon; Arnon was a river which divided Moab and the Amorites Numbers 22:13 and Hermon was a mountain of Gilead which ended where Lebanon began and was the northerly border of this country. It was remarkable for the dew that fell on it; See Gill on Psalm 133:3.

 

Deuteronomy 3:9   9 (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir)

   YLT  9(Sidonians call Hermon Sirion; and the Amorites call it Senir )

Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion .... Which name it has in Psalm 29:6 a name the inhabitants of Sidon gave it but for what reason it is not easy to say; however that it was well known to Tyre and Sidon appears from snow in summer time being brought to the former as will be hereafter observed:

and the Amorites call it Shenir; in whose possession it was last. BochartF11Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 14. col. 865. thinks it had its name from the multitude of wild cats in it Shunar in the Chaldee tongue being the name of that creature; but Jarchi says Shenir in the Canaanitish language signifies "snow"; so in the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan it is called the mountain of snow; and the Hebrew who read to Jerom and taught him affirmed to him that this mountain hung over Paneas from whence snow in summer time was brought to Tyre for pleasureF12De loc. Heb. fol. 88. B C. and the same is confirmed by AbulfedaF13Apud Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 920. . There is said to be upon the top of it a famous temple which is used for worship by the Heathens over against Paneas and LebanonF14De loc. Heb. fol. 88. B C. ; and it is highly probable there was one even at this time when it was possessed by the Amorites since it is called Mount Baalhermon Judges 3:3 from the worship of Baal or some other idol upon it as it should seem. Besides these it had another name Mount Sion Deuteronomy 4:48 but to be distinguished from Mount Zion near Jerusalem. The names of it in this place are very differently interpreted by HillerusF15Onomastic. Sacr. p. 561 562 786 929. ; though he thinks it had them all on account of the snow on it which was as a net all over it; for Hermon he observes signifies a net a dragnet and Shenir an apron and Sirion a coat of mail all from the covering of this mount with snow.

 

Deuteronomy 3:10   10 all the cities of the plain all Gilead and all Bashan as far as Salcah and Edrei cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

   YLT  10all the cities of the plain and all Gilead and all Bashan unto Salchah and Edrei cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan

All the cities of the plain .... There was a plain by Medeba and Heshbon and her cities were in a plain with some others given to the tribe of Reuben Joshua 13:16.

and all Gilead; Mount Gilead and the cities belonging to it a very fruitful country half of which fell to the share of the Reubenites and the rest to the half tribe of Manasseh:

and all Bashan; of which Og was king called Batanea a very fertile country as before observed:

unto Salcah and Edrei cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; which seem to be frontier cities of the latter: see Deuteronomy 1:4. The former AdrichomiusF16Thestrum Terrae Sanct. p. 94. says was situated by the city Geshur and Mount Hermon and was the boundary of the country of Bashan to the north; and according to Benjamin of TudelaF17Itinerar. p. 57. it was half a day's journey from Gilead: as Edrei seems to be its boundary to the south.

 

Deuteronomy 3:11   11 “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants.[a] Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width according to the standard cubit.

   YLT  11for only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; lo his bedstead [is] a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length and four cubits its breadth by the cubit of a man.

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants .... The meaning seems to be either that he was the only one that was left of the race of the giants the Ammonites found when they took possession of this country Deuteronomy 2:20 or that was left when the Amorites took it from the Ammonites; and who having by some means or other ingratiated himself into their affections because of his stature strength and courage and other qualifications they might discern in him made him their king:

behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron: his body being so large and bulky he might think it most proper and safest for him to have a bedstead made of iron to lie upon or to prevent noxious insects harbouring in it; nor was it unusual to have bedsteads made of other materials than wood as of gold silver and ivory; See Gill on Amos 6:4. Some learned menF18Vid. Dickinson. Delph. Phaenieizant. c. 2. p. 12. have been of opinion that the beds of Typho in Syria made mention of by HomerF19Iliad. z. refer to this bedstead of Og:

is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? which was the royal city of the Ammonites in the times of David 2 Samuel 12:26 now called Philadelphia as Jerom saysF20De loc. Heb. fol. 94. C. . This bedstead might be either sent thither by Og before the battle at Edrei for safety or rather might be sold by the Israelites to the inhabitants of Rabbath who kept it as a great curiosity:

nine cubits was the length thereof and four cubits the breadth of it after the cubit of a man; a common cubit so that it was four yards and a half long and two yards broad. Onkelos renders it after the king's cubit; and the king's cubit at Babylon according to HerodotusF21Clio sive l. 1. c. 175. was larger by three fingers than the common one; such as the cubit in Ezekiel 40:5 which was a cubit and an hand's breadth; and this makes the dimensions of the bedstead yet larger. And by this judgment may be made of the tallness of Og's stature though this is not always a sure rule to go by; for Alexander when in India ordered his soldiers to make beds of five cubits long to be left behind them that they might be thought to be larger men than they were as Diodorus SiculusF23Bibliothec. l. 17. p. 563. and CurtiusF24Hist. l. 9. c. 3. relate; but there is little reason to believe that Og's bedstead was made with such a view. Maimonides observesF25Moreh Nevochim par. 2. c. 47. p. 325. that a bed in common is a third part larger than a man; so that Og according to this way of reckoning was six cubits high and his stature doubly larger than a common man's; but less than a third part may well be allowed to a bed which will make him taller still; the height of Og is reckoned by WolfiusF26Apud Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 401. to be about thirteen feet eleven inches of Paris measure.

 

Deuteronomy 3:12   12 “And this land which we possessed at that time from Aroer which is by the River Arnon and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.

   YLT  12`And this land we have possessed at that time; from Aroer which [is] by the brook Arnon and the half of mount Gilead and its cities I have given to the Reubenite and to the Gadite;

And this land which we possessed at that time .... Or took possession of having conquered it; for it still remained in their possession:

from Aroer which is by the river Arnon: on the borders of Moab from thence as far as Gilead was the land which was taken from Sihon king of Heshbon Deuteronomy 2:36.

and half Mount Gilead and the cities thereof: which were taken from Og king of Bashan Deuteronomy 3:10.

gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites; at their request on certain conditions to be performed by them afterwards repeated.

 

Deuteronomy 3:13   13 The rest of Gilead and all Bashan the kingdom of Og I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob with all Bashan was called the land of the giants.[b]

   YLT  13and the rest of Gilead and all Bashan the kingdom of Og I have given to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob to all that Bashan called the land of Rephaim.

And the rest of Gilead .... The other half of the mount with the cities belonging to it:

and all Bashan being the kingdom of Og gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; see Numbers 32:33.

all the region of Argob with all Bashan; the region of Trachonitis in Bashan; see Deuteronomy 3:4

which was called the land of giants; or of Rephaim; this Jarchi says is the country of the Rephaim given to Abraham Genesis 15:20.

 

Deuteronomy 3:14   14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites and called Bashan after his own name Havoth Jair [c] to this day.)

   YLT  14`Jair son of Manasseh hath taken all the region of Argob unto the border of Geshuri and Maachathi and calleth them by his own name Bashan-Havoth-Jair unto this day.

Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob .... Or Trachonitis; the small towns belonging to Gilead as in Numbers 32:41.

unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; these were little kingdoms in Syria on which the country of Argob bordered and had kings over them in the time of David and came not into the possession of the Israelites; see Joshua 13:13.

and called them after his own name Bashanhavothjair unto this day; see Numbers 32:41.

 

Deuteronomy 3:15   15 “Also I gave Gilead to Machir.

   YLT  15And to Machir I have given Gilead.

And I gave Gilead unto Machir. The son of Manasseh; not to him personally who cannot be thought to have been living at this time but to his posterity to the Machirites; see Numbers 32:40.

 

Deuteronomy 3:16   16 And to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the River Arnon the middle of the river as the border as far as the River Jabbok the border of the people of Ammon;

   YLT  16`And to the Reubenite and to the Gadite I have given from Gilead even unto the brook Arnon the middle of the valley and the border even unto Jabbok the brook the border of the sons of Ammon

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.

 

Deuteronomy 3:17   17 the plain also with the Jordan as the border from Chinnereth as far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) below the slopes of Pisgah.

   YLT  17and the plain and the Jordan and the border from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain the salt sea under the springs of Pisgah at the [sun]-rising.

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" Deuteronomy 4:49 the word having the signification of effusions pourings out; so the Targums.

 

Deuteronomy 3:18   18 “Then I commanded you at that time saying: ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren the children of Israel.

   YLT  18`And I command you at that time saying Jehovah your God hath given to you this land to possess it; armed ye pass over before your brethren the sons of Israel all the sons of might.

And I commanded you at that time .... Not all Israel but the tribes of Reuben and God and the half tribe of Manasseh; for what follows only concerns them:

saying the Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it; the land before described lately in the hands of Sihon and Og; this at their request Moses gave them by the direction of the Lord on the following condition:

you shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel all that are meet for the war; that is they should pass over Jordan with the rest of the tribes being armed to assist them in the conquest of Canaan: for this phrase which we render "before your brethren" does not signify that they went in the forefront of them only that they were present with them and joined them in their war against their enemies; see Numbers 32:29 and therefore should be rendered "with your brethren"F1לפני אחיכם "cum fratribus vestris" Noldius p. 531 No. 1492. ; even as many of them as were able to bear arms at least as many as Joshua would choose to take of them; for he did not take them all by a great many; see Joshua 4:13.

 

Deuteronomy 3:19   19 But your wives your little ones and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities which I have given you

   YLT  19Only your wives and your infants and your cattle -- I have known that ye have much cattle -- do dwell in your cities which I have given to you

But your wives and your little ones and your cattle .... These were to be left behind: for

I know that ye have much cattle; which made the countries of Gilead and Bashan so famous for pasturage agreeable to them; see Numbers 32:1 these under the care of servants and also their wives and children:

shall abide in your cities which I have given you; and which they rebuilt and repaired Numbers 32:34.

 

Deuteronomy 3:20   20 until the Lord has given rest to your brethren as to you and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.’

   YLT  20till that Jehovah give rest to your brethren like yourselves and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God is giving to them beyond the Jordan then ye have turned back each to his possession which I have given to you.

Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren as well as unto you .... Rest from their enemies and habitations to dwell quietly in; so the land of Canaan is called a rest Deuteronomy 12:9 typical of the rest which remains for the people of God:

and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan; for so Canaan was with respect to Moses and the people with him who were then in the plains of Moab; otherwise the country in which he was with respect to Canaan is usually called beyond Jordan; this the Lord had given in promise to Israel and they were just now ready to enter into and possess it by virtue of his gift and which made it sure unto them:

and then shall ye return every man unto his possession which I have given you; as accordingly they did Joshua 22:1.

 

Deuteronomy 3:21   21 “And I commanded Joshua at that time saying ‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms through which you pass.

   YLT  21`And Jehoshua I have commanded at that time saying Thine eyes are seeing all that which Jehovah your God hath done to these two kings -- so doth Jehovah to all the kingdoms whither thou are passing over;

And I commanded Joshua at that time .... After the conquest of the two kings and the assignment of their countries to the above tribes; and after Moses had it made known to him that he should quickly die and Joshua should be his successor; then by the direction of God he gave him the following charge:

saying thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings; Sihon and Og; how their kingdoms were taken from them and given to Israel and they slain with the sword; this Joshua was an eyewitness of and was no doubt greatly concerned in the battles with them being the general in the Israelitish armies; at least this was sometimes his post and he cannot be thought to have been unemployed in these wars:

so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest; all the kingdoms in the land of Canaan where there were many thirty one at least; these would be all conquered and put into the hands of the Israelites and their kings slain.

 

Deuteronomy 3:22   22 You must not fear them for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.’

   YLT  22fear them not for Jehovah your God He is fighting for you.

Ye shall not fear them .... On account of the numbers strength courage and gigantic stature of the inhabitants at least some of them; nor on account of their walled towns and fortified cities:

for the Lord your God he shall fight for you; as he did particularly at Jericho the walls of which city fell at the sound of rams' horns; and at Gibeon when he cast down hailstones on their enemies and more were slain by them than with the sword; and in all their battles it was he that gave them success and victory.

 

Deuteronomy 3:23   23 “Then I pleaded with the Lord at that time saying:

   YLT  23`And I entreat for grace unto Jehovah at that time saying

And I besought the Lord at that time .... When he was told he should die and Joshua should succeed him; or when the two kings were slain and their kingdoms conquered; this being the beginning pledge and earnest of what God had promised to do for the people of Israel; Moses was very desirous of living to see the work completed and therefore sought the Lord by prayer and supplication:

saying; as follows.

 

Deuteronomy 3:24   24 ‘O Lord God You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds?

   YLT  24Lord Jehovah Thou -- Thou hast begun to shew Thy servant Thy greatness and Thy strong hand; for who [is] a God in the heavens or in earth who doth according to Thy works and according to Thy might?

O Lord God thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand .... To give a specimen of the greatness of his power in subduing the two kings and their kingdoms and delivering them up into the hands of the Israelites. Moses had seen instances of the mighty power of God in Egypt at the Red sea and in the wilderness; but this was the beginning of his power in vanquishing the Canaanites and putting their land into the possession of the Israelites as he had promised; of which the Amorites were a part and a principal nation of them: and thus God when he begins a work of grace upon the soul of man begins to show the exceeding greatness of his power and which is further exerted in carrying it on and bringing it to perfection:

for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works and according to thy might? here Moses speaks according to the notion of Heathens who supposed there were other gods in heaven and in earth besides the true God; and upon this supposition observes let there be as many as they will or can be imagined there is none of them like the Lord God of Israel for power and might; or are able to do such works as he has done in nature in the creation of all things out of nothing in providence in supporting what he has made and in governing the world; and in those amazing instances of his power in bringing down judgments upon wicked men kings and kingdoms; and in the deliverance of his own people from them and putting them and their kingdoms into the possession of them; which were the wondrous works of might Moses had in view and a sense of which was impressed on his mind at this time.

 

Deuteronomy 3:25   25 I pray let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan those pleasant mountains and Lebanon.’

   YLT  25Let me pass over I pray Thee and see the good land which [is] beyond the Jordan this good hill-country and Lebanon.

I pray thee let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan .... The land of Canaan the land flowing with milk and honey; a land which he describes as a most excellent one Deuteronomy 8:7. To see this land he was very desirous of going over the river Jordan beyond which it lay with respect to the place where he now was:

that goodly mountain and Lebanon; or "that goodly mountain even Lebanon"; which lay to the north of the land of Canaan and was famous for cedar and odoriferous trees. But if two distinct mountains are meant the goodly mountain may design Mount Moriah on which the temple was afterwards built and of which Moses might have a foresight; and some by Lebanon think that is meant which was built of the cedars of Lebanon and therefore goes by that name Zechariah 11:1 and a foreview of this made the mountain so precious to Moses and desirable to be seen by him. So the Targum of Jonathan;"that goodly mountain in which is built the city of Jerusalem and Mount Lebanon in which the Shechinah shall dwell'to which agrees the note of Aben Ezra who interprets the goodly mountain of Jerusalem and Lebanon of the house of the sanctuary. In the Septuagint it is called Antilibanus. Mount Libanus had its name not from frankincense growing upon it as some have thought; for it does not appear that any did grow upon it for that came from Seba in Arabia Felix; but from the whiteness of it through the continual snows that were on it just as the Alps have their name for the same reason; and so Jerom saysF2In Hieremiam c. 18. 14. of Lebanon that the snow never leaves from the tops of it or is ever so overcome by the heat of the sun as wholly to melt; to the same purpose also TacitusF3Hist. l. 5. c. 6. says and Mr. MaundrellF4Journey from Aleppo p. 139 140. who was there in May speaks of deep snow on it and represents the cedars as standing in snow.

 

Deuteronomy 3:26   26 “But the Lord was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me. So the Lord said to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter.

   YLT  26`And Jehovah sheweth himself wroth with me for your sake and hath not hearkened unto me and Jehovah saith unto me Enough for thee; add not to speak unto Me any more about this thing:

But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes .... Not at this time and for this prayer of his but on account of he and Aaron not sanctifying him at the waters of Meribah; or of some expressions of unbelief and unadvised words which dropped from his lips through their provocation of him; see Numbers 20:12.

and would not hear me; now and grant the above request having before declared that he and Aaron should not bring the people of Israel into the land he had given them; and Moses with all his entreaties could not prevail upon him to repeal the sentence:

and the Lord said unto me let it suffice; that he had seen the conquest of the two kings and the delivery of their kingdoms into the hands of Israel; and that he had brought the people through the wilderness to the borders of the land of Canaan and that he should have a distant sight of the land as after directed:

speak no more unto me of this matter; intimating it would be in vain and to no purpose to solicit such a favour since it would never be granted; it was a determined point and he would never recede from it.

 

Deuteronomy 3:27   27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift your eyes toward the west the north the south and the east; behold it with your eyes for you shall not cross over this Jordan.

   YLT  27go up [to] the top of Pisgah and lift up thine eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward and see with thine eyes -- for thou dost not pass over this Jordan;

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah .... Which was the highest eminence of Mount Nebo and so a very proper place to take a prospect from; see Deuteronomy 32:49.

and lift up thine eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward; to all the four points of the heaven and to all the four quarters and borders of the land of Canaan:

and behold it with thine eyes; even the land of Canaan and particularly Lebanon though it lay to the north of it that mountain he had such a desire to see. Moses though old his natural sight was very strong and not in the least dim; and it is not improbable that it might be more than ordinarily increased and assisted at this time:

for thou shall not go over this Jordan; into the land of Canaan; this affair of not being suffered to enter there Moses frequently takes notice of no less than four or five times it being what lay near his heart.

 

Deuteronomy 3:28   28 But command Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’

   YLT  28and charge Jehoshua and strengthen him and harden him for he doth pass over before this people and he doth cause them to inherit the land which thou seest.

But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him .... Charge him to take the care of the children of Israel to introduce them into the good land and put them into the possession of it; encourage him against all fear of his and their enemies and strengthen him with promises of the presence of God and of his gracious help and assistance:

for he shall go over before this people; over the river Jordan at the head of them as their leader and commander; a type of Christ the leader and commander of his people who as their King goes forth at the head of them and will introduce them all into his Father's kingdom and glory:

and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see; and no more; not enter into but Joshua should; and having conquered it should divide it by lot for an inheritance to them and their children after them; a type of Christ in whom and by whom the saints obtain an inheritance by lot Ephesians 1:11.

 

Deuteronomy 3:29   29 “So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth Peor.

   YLT  29`And we dwell in a valley over-against Beth-Peor.

So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. In the plains of Moab over against a temple built for Baalpeor upon a mountain so called from that idol or that idol from the mountain; this is the valley where Moses was buried Deuteronomy 34:6.

 

──John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible

 

New King James Version (NKJV)

Footnotes:

  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 Hebrew rephaim
  2. Deuteronomy 3:13 Hebrew rephaim
  3. Deuteronomy 3:14 Literally Towns of Jair