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Deuteronomy 3:1

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Defeat of King Og of Bashan

3:1 Next we set out on 1  the route to Bashan, 2  but King Og of Bashan and his whole army 3  came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. 4 

1 tn Heb “turned and went up.”

2 sn Bashan. This plateau country, famous for its oaks (Isa 2:13) and cattle (Deut 32:14; Amos 4:1), was north of Gilead along the Yarmuk River.

3 tn Heb “people.”

4 sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31; also mentioned in Deut 1:4).



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