Deuteronomy 3:1-20

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Bashan ...... Bashan <01316> [Bashan.]

Bashan, one of the most fertile districts of the Holy Land, was bounded on the west by the Jordan and lake of Gennesareth, on the east by Trachonitis, on the south by the brook Jabbok, and on the north by mount Hermon; and seems to have been composed of two or three districts, on the south the land of Gilead, on the north the region of Argob, and east of both, the plain of Hauran. (See ver. 13-15.) The scenery of this elevated tract is described by Mr. Buckingham as extremely beautiful: its plains covered with a fertile soil; its hills covered with forests, and at every new turn presenting the most beautiful landscapes that can be imagined.

Og <05747> [Og.]

Edrei <0154> [Edrei.]

This town is placed by Eusebius about 25 miles northward from Bostri; and mentioned by Burckhardt under the name of Draa.

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afraid <03372> [Fear.]

do ....... did <06213> [as thou didst.]

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cities ................. cities <05892> [all his cities.]

region <02256> [all the region.]

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put ...... divine judgment <02763> [we utterly.]

done <06213> [as we did.]

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land <0776> [the land.]

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Hermon <02768> [Hermon.]

Mount Hermon is the south-eastern branch of Lebanon, beyond Jordan. The Chaldee Targumist, who places it at C‘sarea and Samaritan interpreter call it {toor talga,} "the mountain of snow," because of its being always covered with snow; and Jerome informs us, that it lies higher than Paneas or C‘sarea Philippi, and that in the summer time snow used to be carried from thence to Tyre. It is now call El Heish, and is comprised in the district of Kanneytra.

Senir <08149> [Shenir.]

[Senir.]

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cities ................ cities <05892> [the cities.]

Edrei <0154> [Edrei.]

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Rephaites <07497> [giants.]

Rabbath <07237> [Rabbath.]

[Rabbah. nine cubits.]

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Aroer <06177> [from Aroer.]

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rest <03499> [the rest.]

called <01931 07121> [which was called.]

Michaelis says, "The tradition that giants formerly dwelt in this part, still remains in Arabia, only that it makes them rather taller than Moses does Og, and calls the land in which they lived, not Bashan, but Hadrach, which name occurs in Zec 9:1. I received this information from the verbal communication of a credible Arab, who was born on the other side of Jordan, about three-days journey from Damascus."

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Jair <02971> [Jair.]

Argob <0709> [Argob.]

Geshurites <01651> [Geshuri.]

Bashan <01316> [Bashan-havoth-jair.]

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Machir <04353> [Machir.]

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Reubenites <07206> [Reubenites.]

Wadi ........ wadi .......... Wadi Jabbok <02999 05158> [river Jabbok.]

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Chinnereth <03672> [Chinnereth.]

sea ......... Sea <03220> [the sea.]

<0798> [Ashdoth-pisgah. or, the springs of Pisgah, or, the hill.]

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instructed <06680> [I commanded.]

Israelites .... battle <02428 01121> [meet for the war. Heb. sons of power.]

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return <07725> [return.]