Conquest of Canaan and war with the giants. Fighting the giant Og and the mighty Amorites. 09:31 Moses slays Giant Og who was crushed by an angel. 33:00 Sun and moon stand still at the command of Joshua. 50:36 Places where 12 sons of Jacob were buried. The Book of Jasher. Chapters 84-91. LibriVox recording. Narrated by C.J. Plogue. Public domain. Audio, music and picture editing by me.
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Angel smites the stone on Giant Og´s head:
"And the children of Israel turned and went up by the way of Bashan to the land of Og, king of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out to meet the Israelites in battle, and he had with him many valiant men, and a very strong force from the people of the Amorites. And Og king of Bashan was a very powerful man, but Naaron his son was exceedingly powerful, even stronger than he was.
And Og said in his heart, Behold now the whole camp of Israel takes up a space of three parsa, now will I smite them at once without sword or spear. And Og went up Mount Jahaz, and took therefrom one large stone, the length of which was three parsa, and he placed it on his head, and resolved to throw it upon the camp of the children of Israel, to smite all the Israelites with that stone. And the angel of the Lord came and pierced the stone upon the head of Og, and the stone fell upon the neck of Og that Og fell to the earth on account of the weight of the stone upon his neck. At that time the Lord said to the children of Israel, Be not afraid of him, for I have given him and all his people and all his land into your hand, and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon. And Moses went down to him with a small number of the children of Israel, and Moses smote Og with a stick at the ankles of his feet and slew him. The children of Israel afterward pursued the children of Og and all his people, and they beat and destroyed them till there was no remnant left of them..."
Location of Jahaz - https://www.bible-history.com/geography/ancient-israel/ot/jahaz.html
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Giant Og and Sihon, the most powerful kings on the planet, defeated by Israelites:
11:35 Moabites gripped by fear 14:40 resort to Balaam to curse Israel
"And the children of Moab heard all the evil which the children of Israel had done to the two kings of the Amorites, to Sihon and Og, so all the men of Moab were greatly afraid of the Israelites. And the elders of Moab said, Behold the two kings of the Amorites, Sihon and Og, who were more powerful than all the kings of the earth, could not stand against the children of Israel, how then can we stand before them?"
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The kingdoms of Giant Og and Sihon given to Gad, Ruben and half of the tribe of Manasseh:
"Besides the kingdoms of Sihon and Og which are on the other side Jordan, of which
Moses had smitten many cities, and Moses gave them to the Reubenites and the Gadites
and to half the tribe of Manasseh."
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Sun and moon stand still at Joshua command:
"And the children of Israel pursued them, and they still smote them in the road, going on
and smiting them. And when they were smiting, the day was declining toward evening, and Joshua said in the sight of all the people, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon, until the nation shall have revenged itself upon its enemies. And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Joshua, and the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens, and it stood still six and thirty moments, and the moon also stood still and hastened not to go down a whole day. And there was no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened to the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel..."
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On magician Balaam of Mesopotamia (Babylon) and use of his curses before battles:
02:25 Babylonian magician Balaam (invited by giant Sihon, king of the Amorites) curses Moab, before Sihon conquers Heshbon from them.
13:30 Balaam (invited by the elders of Moab) refuses to curse Israelites for Moabites
19:12 Balaam slain by the Israelites in the Midian.
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Parsa (plural parsas) - a Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.
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Mysterious Amorites, who stemmed from pre-flood giants and were masters of witchcraft:
http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1422-amorites
According to the Book of Jubilees (29. [9] 11), "the former terrible giants, the Rephaim, gave way to the Amorites, an evil and sinful people whose wickedness surpasses that of any other, and whose life will be cut short on earth." In the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (lx.) they are symbolized by "black water" on account of "their black art, their witchcraft and impure mysteries, by which they contaminated Israel in the time of the Judges.
Giant Og:
http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11672-og
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