Numbers 21:33

In these apparently unimportant words is contained the record of the IsraeliteNumbers 32:39occupation of Gilead north of the Jabbok; a territory which, though populated, like southern Gilead, by the Amorites (Deuteronomy 3:9;Joshua 2:10, etc.), formed part of the domain of Og king of Bashan, who was himself of a different raceDeuteronomy 3:2;Joshua 12:5;Joshua 13:11. We are not told whether they were led there by express warrant of God, or whether their advance upon Bashan was provoked by Og and his people. At Edrei -Now Edhra’ah, commonly Der’a; situate on a branch of the Jarmuk.