John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And the Lord shall do unto them as he did unto Sihon, and to Og, kings of the Amorites , etc.] Deliver them up into their hands; see the history of this in ( Numbers 21:10-35); and unto the land of them whom he destroyed ; put them into the possession of the land of Canaan, as they were now in possession of the land of those two kings he destroyed by them. This instance is given to encourage their faith, assuring them that what had been done to them would be done to the Canaanitish kings, and their subjects, and their lands.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Moses assures Israel of the constant presence of God with them. This i applied by the apostle to all God's spiritual Israel, to encourag their faith and hope; unto us is this gospel preached, as well as unt them; he will never fail thee, nor forsake thee, Heb 13:5. Mose commends Joshua to them for a leader; one whose wisdom, and courage and affection they had long known; one whom God had appointed to be their leader; and therefore would own and bless. Joshua is well please to be admonished by Moses to be strong and of good courage. Those shal speed well, who have God with them; therefore they ought to be of goo courage. Through God let us do valiantly, for through him we shall d victoriously; if we resist the devil, he will flee from us.
Original Hebrew ועשׂה6213 יהוה3068 להם כאשׁר834 עשׂה6213 לסיחון5511 ולעוג5747 מלכי4428 האמרי567 ולארצם776 אשׁר834 השׁמיד8045 אתם׃853
