Deuteronomy 3:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.”
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“So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And this land we have possessed, at that time; from Aroer, which <FI>is<Fi> by the brook Arnon, and the half of mount Gilead, and its cities, I have given to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 3:12 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 32:32We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”
- Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
- Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- Deuteronomy 4:48extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
- Deuteronomy 29:7When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
- Joshua 12:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
- Joshua 13:8The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
- 2 Kings 10:33from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
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