Midrash sur Les Nombres 21:24
וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וַיִּירַ֨שׁ אֶת־אַרְצ֜וֹ מֵֽאַרְנֹ֗ן עַד־יַבֹּק֙ עַד־בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן כִּ֣י עַ֔ז גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃
Israël le passa au fil de l’épée, et il conquît son pays depuis l’Arnon jusqu’au Jaboc, jusqu’aux possessions des Ammonites; car elle était forte, la frontière des enfants d’Ammon.
Sefer HaYashar (midrash)
And the children of Israel possessed themselves of the Sihon’s land, from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the sons of Ammon, and the children of Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites. And the children of Israel decided to fight also against the sons of Ammon, but the Lord said unto them: Do not besiege the sons of Ammon, neither provoke a battle with them, for I will not give unto you aught of their land. Therefore did not the children of Israel fight against the sons of Ammon, but they turned away from them and journeyed by way of Bashan towards the land of Og, king of Bashan. And Og, the king of Bashan, went forth against the Israelites to fight with them, and he had with him many mighty men, and a great army of the people of the Amorites. And Og, the king of Bashan, was an exceedingly powerful man, but Naron, his son, was even more powerful than he, and Og said within his heart: Behold all the camp of the Israelites covers three Parsaoth, and now I will slay them all with one blow without sword or spear. And Og ascended Mount Jahaz and took up a large stone, three Parsaoth in length, and placed it upon his head and he intended to cast it upon the camp of the children of Israel, to slay all the Israelites with that stone. But the angel of the Lord came and perforated the stone from over his head and the stone fell upon the neck of Og, and Og fell to the ground through the weight of the stone around his neck. And Moses went down to him with a few men of the Israelites, and he smote Og upon his ankles with a stick and slew him. And afterwards the children of Israel pursued the sons of Og and their people, and they smote them and destroyed them, so that there was not left of them a remnant. Then Moses sent some of the children of Israel to spy out Jaazer, for Jaazer was a very prominent city, and the spies searched it, and they trusted in the Lord, and the spies fought against the people of Jaazer. And these men took Jaazer and its suburbs, and the Lord delivered them into their hands, and they drove away the Amorites that were there. Thus the children of Israel conquered the two kings of the Amorites and their land, sixty cities on the other side of Jordan, from the brook of Arnon even to Mount Hermon. And the children of Israel journeyed and they came unto the plain of Moab, which is on the other side of Jordan near Jericho. And when the sons of Moab heard of all the evil which the children of Israel had done unto the two kings of the Amorites, to Sihon and Og, all the people of Moab were in great fear of the Israelites,
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