Deuteronomy 3: A King-sized Bed

I do not know how big Og the king was, but his bed was 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide. Kings seem to overdo almost everything. He was a big man (v. 11), but He was no match for the Lord of hosts. In Numbers 21—only a few months before Deuteronomy 3, he met up with the King of Heaven and Earth. Stories of earth’s kings are overflowing with information about their vanity, corruption, and idolatry. Not one of them has ever inflicted a wound on the King of Kings—except when He voluntarily became the Lamb of God to take away our sins. This is just one lesson about how big God is in Deuteronomy 3.