Who is og in the bible

This receptacle was 9 cubits long and 4 cubits broad. Maimonides More Nebochim, sensibly remarks that a bed supposing 'a bed' to be intended is usually one third longer than the sleeper; and Sir J. Chardin, as well as other travelers, have observed the ancient tendency to make mummies and tombs far larger than the natural size of men, in order to leave an impression of wonder. He was one of the last representatives of the giant-race of Rephaim.

According to Eastern traditions, he escaped the Deluge by wading beside the ark Sale, Koran, ch. He was supposed to be the largest of the sons of Anak, and a descendant of Ad. But all of you men that can serve in our army must cross the Jordan River and help the other tribes, because they are your relatives. Afterwards, you can come back here to the land I gave you.

Wherever you go, the Lord will fight on your side and help you destroy your enemies. No other god in the sky or on earth is able to do the mighty things that you do. Please let me cross the Jordan and see the hills and the Lebanon Mountains. Take a good look, but you are not going to cross the Jordan River. Get biblically wise and spiritually fit with the easy-to-use Bible Gateway Plus study library.

And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities:. And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead, [in] the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land. Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

King James Bible kjv. Series and Symposia. TABS Blog. Torah in the News. Stay updated with the latest scholarship I would like to receive new essays When published Before Shabbat. Laura Quick Edit article. Laura Quick ,. Categories: Devarim. Isa YHWH our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but we acknowledge your name alone.

Bashan—The Underworld? Bashan—Just a Fertile Land First, the connection of Bashan to the Ugaritic word for serpent or dragon is questionable. Deut It was formerly inhabited by the Emim, a people great and numerous, and as tall as giants. YHWH wiped them out, so that the Ammonites dispossessed them and settled in their place. It is noteworthy that his bed was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbah of the Ammonites?

It is nine cubits long and four cubits wide according to standard measure. Thirty parasangs [31]? I will go and lift a thirty-parasang mountain and throw it upon them and kill them. He went and lifted a thirty parasang mountain and rested it on his head. All Hail Og, the Royal Giant As I showed above, the view popular among many scholars that Og was an underworld deity is based upon the misunderstanding and synthesis of various traditions from the Bible and the ancient Near East, creating a tradition which would have been alien to both the scribes who wrote Deuteronomy 3 and their ancient audience.