37. Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.
38. He drove out nations far greater than you, so he could bring you in and give you their land as your special possession, as it is today.
39. “So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The lord is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other.
40. If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the lord your God is giving you for all time.”
41. Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River.
42. Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.
43. These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.
44. This is the body of instruction that Moses presented to the Israelites.
45. These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the people of Israel when they left Egypt,
46. and as they camped in the valley near Beth-peor east of the Jordan River. (This land was formerly occupied by the Amorites under King Sihon, who ruled from Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites destroyed him and his people when they came up from Egypt.
47. Israel took possession of his land and that of King Og of Bashan—the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.
48. So Israel conquered the entire area from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge all the way to Mount Sirion, also called Mount Hermon.
49. And they conquered the eastern bank of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea, below the slopes of Pisgah.)