The Edomites refused them a passage along the high-road of trade which led northward from the Gulf of Aqaba; skirting Edom accordingly, they marched through a waterless desert to the green wadis of Moab, and there pitched their camp.

The Amorite kingdoms of Sihon and Og fell before their assault.

The northern part of Moab, which Sihon had conquered, was occupied by the invaders, and the plateau of Bashan, over which Og had ruled, fell into Israelitish hands.

The invaders now prepared to cross the Jordan and advance into the highlands of Canaan.
Moses died on the summit of a Moabite mountain and his place was taken by Joshua.
Joshua was a general and not a legislator.

He could win battles and destroy cities, but he could not restore what he had destroyed, or organise his followers into a state.