Deuteronomy · Chapter 3

[ edit] And ſo turned we ſtieden vp bi þe weye of Baſan; and Og, þe kyng of Baſan, wente out into aȝencomynge to vs wiþ his puple, to fiȝte in Edray. And þe Lord ſeide to me, Ne drede þow hym, for in þin hoond he is taak, wiþ al þe puple, and his loond; and þow ſhalt doo to hym as þow didiſt to Seon, þe kyng of Amorreis, þat dwellid in Eſebon. Þe Lord oure God took alſo þanne in oure hoondis Og, þe kyng of Baſan, and al þe puple of hym; and we han ſmytun hym vnto þe deeþ, waſtynge alle þe cytees of hym o tyme; þere was no wallid town þat vs myȝte aſkape; ſexti citees, al þe regioun of Argob, of þe kyngdom of Og in Baſan.

Alle þe cytees weren ſtrengþid wiþ mooſt hiȝe wallis, ȝatis, and barris; wiþ outen townes vnnoumbrable, þat hadden no wallis. And we diden hem awey, as we diden to Seon, þe kyng of Eſebon, deſtruyinge al citee, and men, and wymmen, and litil children; beeſtis forſoþe and ſpuyles of þe cytees we han frodrawen. And we han take þat tyme þe loond fro þe hoond of two kyngis of Amorreis, þat weren biȝonde Jordan, fro þe ſtreem of Arnon vnto þe hil of Hermon, þat Sydonys Saryon clepen, and Amoreis Sanyr; alle þe cytees þat ben ſet in pleyn, and al þe loond of Galaad, and Baſan, vnto Sewa and Edrai, þe citees of þe kyngdom of Og, in Baſan.

Oonli forſoþe Og, þe kyng of Baſan, left of þe ſtok of geauntis; and þe bedde of hym is ſhewid yren, þat is in Rabaþ, of þe ſones of Amon, ten cubites hauynge of lengþe, and foure of brede, at þe meſure of þe cubite of mannus hoond. And þe loond we weeldiden in þat tyme, fro Aroer, þat is vpon þe brenk of þe ſtreem of Arnon, vnto þe myddil part of þe hil of Galaad; and þe cytees of it Y haue ȝeuen to Ruben and Gad. Forſoþe þat oþer part of Galaad, and al Baſan, of þe kyngdom of Og, Y haue take to þe half lynage of Manaſſe, al þe regioun of Argob. Al Baſan was clepid þe loond of geauntis.

Jayr, þe ſone of Manaſſe, weeldide al þe regioun of Argob, vnto þe teermes of Geſſuri, and Machati; and he cleep Baſan bi his name, Anoþiayr, þat is, þe towns of Jayr, vnto þe day þat is nowe. Forſoþe to Machir Y haue ȝeue Galaad; and to þe lynage of Ruben and Gad Y haue ȝeue þe loond of Galaad, vnto þe ſtreem of Arnon, half of þe ſtreem, and þe nyȝ cooſtis vnto þe ſtreem of Jeboch, þat is þe teerme of þe ſones of Amon; and þe pleyn of wildirnes, and Jordan, and teermes of Cenereþ vnto þe ſee of deſeert, þat is mooſt ſalt, to þe rotis of þe hil of Phaſga, aȝens þe eeſt.

And Y haue comaundid to ȝow in þat tyme, ſeyynge, Þe Lord oure God ȝyueþ to ȝow þis loond into herytage; fulſpeed goo ȝe before ȝoure briþeren, þe ſones of Yrael, alle þe ſtronge men, wiþ outen wyues and litil children and beeſtis. I haue knowun forſoþe þat ȝe han manye beeſtis, and in þes citees ſhulen abide, þe whiche Y ȝaf to ȝow, to þe tyme þat þe Lord ȝyue reſt to ȝoure briþeren, as he haþ ȝyue to ȝow; and alſo þat þei weelden þe loond þat he is to ȝyuynge to hem, biȝonde Jordan; þanne ſhal turne aȝen echon into his poſſeſſioun, þat Y haue ȝeue to ȝow.

To Joſue forſoþe in þat tyme I haue comaundid, ſeiynge, Þin eyen han ſeen þat þe Lord oure God dide to þes two kyngis; ſo he ſhal do to al þe rewmes, to þe whiche þow art to paſſynge; ne drede þow hem; þe Lord oure God ſhal fiȝt for us. And I preyede þe Lord in þat time, ſeiynge, Lord God, þow haſt bigunne to ſhewe to þi ſeruaunt þi mochilnes, and mooſt ſtrong hoond, ne forſoþe þere is anoþer God or in heuene or in erþe, þat may doo þi werkis, and be comparyſound to þi ſtrengþe. I ſhal paſſe þerfor, and ſe þis beſt loond biȝonde Jordan, and þis noble hil and Liban. And þe Lord was wrooþ to me for ȝow, ne herde me, but ſeide to me, It ſufficiþ to þee; namore ſpek þow of þis þing to me.

Sty vp to þe cop of Phaſge, and þin eyen turn about to þe weſt, and norþ, ſouþ, and eeſt, and bihold; ne forſoþe þow ſhalt paſſe þis Jordan. Comaund to Joſue, and ſtrengþe hym, and comfort; for he ſhal goo before þis puple, and dyuyde to hem þe loond þat þou art to ſeynge. And we dwelliden in þe valeye, aȝens þe mawmet temple of Phegor.