“Misitque Moyses qui explorarent Jazer : cujus ceperunt viculos, et possederunt habitatores.”
“And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.”
“After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.”
“Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there.”
“And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.”
Jazer, a famous city, 15 miles from Hesebon, given afterwards to the Levites. Moses “took the Amorrhites who were there” prisoners, according to the Hebrew; or, “drove them away,” (Septuagint) putting to death those who continued to make resistance. (Calmet)
Verses 21-35 Sihon went with his forces against Israel, out of his own borders, without provocation, and so ran upon his own ruin. The enemies of God's church often perish by the counsels they think most wisely taken. Og, king of Bashan, instead of being warned by the fate of his neighbours, to make peace with Israel, makes war with them, which proves in like manner his destruction. Wicked men do their utmost to secure themselves and their possessions against the judgments of God; but all in vain, when the day comes on which they must fall. God gave Israel success, while Moses was with them, that he might see the beginning of the glorious work, though he must not live to see it finished. This was, in comparison, but as the day of small things, yet it was an earnest of great things. We must prepare for fresh conflicts and enemies. We must make no peace or truce with the powers of darkness, nor even treat with them; nor should we expect any pause in our contest. But, trusting in God, and obeying his commands, we shall be more than conquerors over every enemy.
“And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.”