Numbers 21:33

"And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land."

"Fear him not ..." (Numbers 21:34). Og was a giant, and he might have inspired fear by his size, and also because of strongly fortified cities which he had built, "Which are still a wonder to all who behold their ruins."[21]

Cook spoke of these verses thus: "In these apparently unimportant words is the record of the Israelite conquest of Bashan and the occupation of Gilead north of the Jabbok."[22] Og's kingdom was largely peopled with Amorites, but the fealty of the region belonged to Og. Thus, with the total destruction of the Amorite kingdoms, Israel had at this point secured their rear and were then standing opposite the city of Jericho, the first of the cities of Canaan proper that were destined to fall before the invincible armies of Israel. Before the entry into Canaan, however, other important episodes of their history would be recorded, notably their defection at Baal-Peor (Numbers 26), and the pitiful efforts of Balaam to seduce Israel, which, in fact, he accomplished in the fiasco at Baal-Peor.