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Deuteronomy 3:5-11 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

5. All these cities were very strong. They had high walls, gates, and strong bars on the gates. There were also many towns that did not have walls.

6. We destroyed them just as we destroyed the cities of King Sihon of Heshbon. We completely destroyed every city and all the people in them, even the women and the babies.

7. But we kept all the cattle and the valuable things from the cities for ourselves.

8. “In that way we took the land from the two Amorite kings. We took that land on the east side of the Jordan River, from Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon.

9. (The people from Sidon call Mount Hermon, Sirion, but the Amorites called it Senir.)

10. We took all the cities in the high plain and all of Gilead. We took all of Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei. Salecah and Edrei were cities of Og’s kingdom of Bashan.”

11. (Og was the king of Bashan. He was one of the few Rephaites still alive. His bed was made from iron, and it was over 13 feet long and 6 feet wide. The bed is still in the city of Rabbah, where the Ammonites live.)