Another enemy, king Og of Bashan, came out to meet them in battle. The Lord instructed them to be afraid. "Fear not" is one of the most common instructions in the Bible, Jesus said it on several occasions in His resurrection appearances. Often people go through life hoping that nothing will go wrong, and thinking that faith means believing that nothing will go wrong, or difficulties will not be encountered. This is not the case. True faith is knowing that whatever obstacles we encounter, God will enable us to overcome them, or will overcome them for us.
So Israel did battle with Bashan and beat them. The Israelites plundered the goods of Bashan. Some of the cities were heavily fortified, but they still took these cities. There can be problems that we face that look impregnable, but God can enable us to overcome anything. The key is to fight the right battles at the right time in the right way.
The land they had taken was then allocated to the tribes that had elected not to take land from across the Jordan. However, Moses reminds them that they must still cross the Jordan to join the conquest with the rest of Israel.
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