Deuteronomy 3:1 says, Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. As Israel continued into the Promised Land, they met more opposition, just as we will as we go through this world as followers of Christ on our way to our heavenly home. Verse two adds, And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. God told them to not be afraid of Og the king of Bashan, because God would give them the victory over him just as He had over Sihon. Since God has giving us the everlasting victory over sin and death, we can put our faith in Him to give us victory over everything. Verse three continues, So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. Moses said God gave them a complete victory over Og. We still serve the same God today, Who will give us victory over all the forces of this world if we remain faithful to Him. Verse four states, And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Moses said the people of Israel took all the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Verse five adds, All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. Moses said these cities had been well fortified. We will encounter many well fortified enemies of God today, but they will never be able to stand before us as long as we remain faithful to God. Verse six continues, And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. Moses said they utterly destroyed them, just as we must destroy anything in our life that stands between God and us. Still, instead of destroying, we are to reach out to our enemies with the gospel of Christ out of love. Verse seven continues, But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. Moses said they took all the cattle and the spoils of the cities for themselves. What we as Christians should never do today is to attempt to follow Christ for material gain. Verse eight adds, And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; Moses said at that time the took land from two kings on this side of the Jordan. They were still really on their way to the Promised Land, though this became a part of the kingdom of Israel. Versa nine states, (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) Verse ten adds, All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Verse eleven continues, For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. Moses said what cities they destroyed and said that Og was the last of the giants, and then gave the dimensions of the size of his bed. There will never be an enemy that we face who is bigger and more powerful than our God.
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