38. He forced nations out of their land ahead of you. And these nations were bigger and stronger than you were. But the Lord brought you into their land and gave it to you to own. And this land is yours today.
39. Know and believe today that the Lord is God. He is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other god!
40. Obey his laws and commands, which I am giving you today. Obey them so that things will go well for you and your children. Then you will live a long time in this land. The Lord your God is giving it to you forever.
41. Moses chose three cities east of the Jordan River.
42. A person who killed someone accidentally could go there. He did not hate the person he killed. So he could save his life by running to one of these cities.
43. These were the cities: Bezer in the desert high plain was for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead was for the Gadites; Golan in Bashan was for the Manassites.
44. These are the teachings Moses gave to the people of Israel.
45. They are the rules, commands and laws he gave them when they came out of Egypt.
46. They were in the valley near Beth Peor. That is east of the Jordan River in the land of Sihon. Sihon was king of the Amorites. He ruled in Heshbon. He was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt.
47. The Israelites captured his land. They also took the land of Og king of Bashan. These were the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River.
48. This land went from Aroer to Mount Hermon. Aroer is on the edge of the Arnon Ravine.
49. It included all the Jordan Valley east of the Jordan River. And it went as far as the Dead Sea below Mount Pisgah.