Og of Bashan Deuteronomy 3

Deuteronomy 3:11 "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."

Cubit=1 ft 5.48 inches

The Kingdom of Og (Bashan) and part of Gilead was given to the half tribe of Manasseh who was descended from Joseph. They have not yet crossed Jordan.

These victories helped give Israel and their future leader Joshua courage that they could indeed defeat the enemy. Moses saw these things and was also encouraged and wanted to go over Jordan to possess the land but he could not because he had struck the rock instead of speaking to it as the Lord told him.

v24-25 "O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain and Lebanon."

Moses now tells the children of Israel (the new generation) of his prayer to the Lord. The Lord's answer was final.

v26 "But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me; and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee, speak no more unto me of this matter."

Moses had worried with the people in the wilderness with their complaining and rebellion. Even his sister and brother had complained to him about his wife. Now finally the camp was organized and ready to fight and was winning. Moses would not get to see them posses Israel. I'm sure he was disappointed. But the Lord showed it all to him from the mountain top and even took him there later on.

Matthew 17:1-3 "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James and John his brother and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And behold three appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him." (Elias is Elijah: the spelling is a little different because the old and new testaments were translated from different languages.)

Psalm 107:29 "He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still."