Deuteronomy 3:4
Context3:4 We captured all his cities at that time – there was not a town we did not take from them – sixty cities, all the region of Argob, 1 the dominion of Og in Bashan.
Deuteronomy 20:19
Context20:19 If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, 2 you must not chop down its trees, 3 for you may eat fruit 4 from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it! 5


[3:4] 1 sn Argob. This is a subdistrict of Bashan, perhaps north of the Yarmuk River. See Y. Aharoni, Land of the Bible, 314.
[20:19] 2 tn Heb “to fight against it to capture it.”
[20:19] 3 tn Heb “you must not destroy its trees by chopping them with an iron” (i.e., an ax).
[20:19] 4 tn Heb “you may eat from them.” The direct object is not expressed; the word “fruit” is supplied in the translation for clarity.