Deuteronomy 3:12

"And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites: and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havoth-jair, unto this day). And I gave Gilead unto Machir. And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave Gilead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border thereof, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; the Arabah also, and the Jordon and the border thereof, from Chinneroth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward."

A glance at any good map showing the distribution of Palestine among the tribes of Israel will clarify all these references. One of the several names for Lake Galilee, "Chinnereth," is found here, also an alternative name for the Dead Sea, "the Sea of the Arabah." The Arabah was the name of the whole Jordan valley from Mount Hermon southward past the Dead Sea.

"The mention of Machir in Deuteronomy 3:15 should be understood as a reference to a part of the tribe of Manasseh."[15] We appreciate the lesson which Scott drew from this chapter. He noted that:

"This whole attack against Og would not be accepted by pacifists today. Yes, Og was a gross materialist and an utter heathen, but today we send missionaries to such. We do not exterminate them! But Og would not have struck the Israelites (or even us) as a subject of missionary zeal. Also, Israel had no gospel to preach to people like Og. Thus, the procedure of Israel here was the only possible one for them, however wrong it would be for us. Og stood a gigantic and ghostly terror, the impersonation of brute force blocking Israel's path ... Before any man can enter the Promised Land, there may be some gigantic evil to be met. There is always the elusive giant Self, but once defeated the evil may become an unfailing source of inspiration."[16]