Deuteronomy 4:46-48

Living Bible

^44-46 Listed below are the laws Moses issued to the people of Israel when they left Egypt, and as they were camped east of the Jordan River near the city of Beth-peor. (This was the land formerly occupied by the Amorites under King Sihon, whose capital was Heshbon; he and his people were destroyed by Moses and the Israelis. ⁴⁷ Israel conquered his land and that of King Og of Bashan—they were two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. ⁴⁸ Israel also conquered all the area from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon River Valley to Mount Sirion, or Mount Hermon, as it is sometimes called;