What Does Deuteronomy 3:1 Mean in the King James?

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 3:1 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The Hebrew verb for “come out” here also names going out elsewhere: emergence itself carries no promise of safety.

THE MEANING

You are on a way that meets an organized force coming out against you. The verse names both your forward motion and the resistance in front of it, while leaving the outcome open.

THE ROOT

וַיֵּצֵא

vayyēṣēʾ

GROWS FROM

יצא

yatsa

to go out, come forth

“came out against” in this verse is vayyēṣēʾ. The root ⁨יצא⁩ names Og’s emergence against you here and Israel’s going out in Exodus 14:8. The root describes movement outward; who moves and where they are headed determine whether that movement confronts or frees.

ALSO GROWS

yetzi’ah: departure, going out

יְצִיאָה

This noun from the same root makes the link to “going out” visible: the root names an emergence, whether it is a departure or an arrival into confrontation.

hotsi: to bring out

הוֹצִיא

This causative form shares the root and describes one agent bringing another out, as in the language of deliverance from constriction.

THE PATTERN

Movement into what lies ahead can meet resistance before the outcome is visible.

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

Deuteronomy 2:32 · KJVAs the Israelites move through the land, Sihon comes out to fight them, repeating the road-meets-opposition pattern.

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

Exodus 14:8 · KJVIsrael’s going out and Pharaoh’s pursuit meet in the same moment, with departure and opposition side by side.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 · KJVThose sent forth find opposition already present along the path they enter.

THE THREAD

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

Exodus 14:8 · KJV

The “went out” in Exodus and Og’s “came out” here share the root ⁨יצא⁩ (yatsa, go out or come forth). The root marks outward movement; its direction and agent reveal whether that movement is departure or confrontation.

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