KJV King James Version
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.
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Deuteronomy 3:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
ASV American Standard Version
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:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And this land we have possessed, at that time; from Aroer, which is by the brook Arnon, and the half of mount Gilead, and its cities, I have given to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 3
9 ([Which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 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.
12 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.
13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, [being] the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאָ֧רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהַזֹּ֛אתH2063 · zotthisיָרַ֖שְׁנוּH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessבָּעֵ֣תH6256 · ettimeהַהִ֑ואH1931 · huhe/she/itמֵעֲרֹעֵ֞רH6177 · a.ro.erAroerאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponנַ֣חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverאַרְנֹ֗ןH769 · ar.nonArnonוַחֲצִ֤יH2677 · che.tsihalfהַֽר־H2022 · harmountain: mountהַגִּלְעָד֙H1568 · gil.adGileadוְעָרָ֔יוH5892 · irexcitementנָתַ֕תִּיH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֖יH7206 · re.u.ve.niReubeniteוְלַגָּדִֽי׃H1425 · ga.diGad
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer, which [is] by the brink of the river of Arnon, and [from] the city that [is] by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:Numbers 32:32-38We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan [may be] ours.Deuteronomy 4:48From Aroer, which [is] by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which [is] Hermon,2 Kings 10:33From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.Joshua 13:8-28With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;Joshua 12:2-6Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, [and] ruled from Aroer, which [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon;
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