This took place after the defeat of King Sihon of the Amorites, whose capital was in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was in Ashtaroth, specifically in Edrei.

You complained among yourselves privately and said, “Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah.

At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

So the Lord our God did indeed give over to us King Og of Bashan and his whole army and we struck them down until not a single survivor was left.

And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets.

You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.

Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.

They possessed his land and that of King Og of Bashan – both of whom were Amorite kings in the Transjordan, to the east.

The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.

They did not see the awesome deeds he performed in the midst of Egypt against Pharaoh king of Egypt and his whole land,

Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them.