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    Deuteronomy 34

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    The whole land is opened before Moses in one grand sweep of the eye, and then, with almost bureaucratic finality, the view ends: he may see it, but he may not enter it. He dies on the far side, with the country displayed and the border still closed.

    The view from Nebovv. 1–8

    Moses climbs from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah facing Jericho, and the LORD lays out the whole land in a sweep from Gilead to Dan, through Naphtali, Ephraim, Manasseh, Judah, the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Valley of Jericho as far as Zoar. The sight is generous; the permission is not. The LORD lets Moses see the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but says he will not cross into it. Moses then dies in Moab, is buried in a valley facing Beth-peor, and leaves behind a grave whose whereabouts have escaped everyone. Even at 120, his eyes were not weak and his vitality had not diminished—a remarkably well-preserved condition for a man who has just died.

    The mourning ends, and Joshua risesvv. 9–12

    Israel mourns Moses for thirty days in the plains of Moab. Then Joshua son of Nun, who has received Moses’ hands upon him, is filled with the spirit of wisdom, and Israel obeys him. The closing judgment is immense: no prophet has risen like Moses, the man whom the LORD knew face to face, whose signs, wonders, mighty acts, and awesome deeds were performed before Pharaoh, Egypt, and all Israel. Joshua takes the next step; Moses remains the singular figure at the end of the story.

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    1. Deut 34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,

    2. Deut 34:2all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

    3. Deut 34:3the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

    4. Deut 34:4And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

    5. Deut 34:5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.

    6. Deut 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

    7. Deut 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

    8. Deut 34:8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

    9. Deut 34:9Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    10. Deut 34:10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

    11. Deut 34:11no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,

    12. Deut 34:12and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

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    • 7Deuteronomy 31:2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
    • 7Joshua 14:10–11Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
    • 6Jude 1:9But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
    • 7Genesis 48:10Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
    • 7Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
    • 9Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
    • 10Exodus 33:11Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
    • 5Deuteronomy 32:50And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
    • 7Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
    • 8Genesis 50:3taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
    • 8Numbers 20:29When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
    • 9Daniel 6:3Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
    • 9Acts 8:17–19Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
    • 9John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
    • 32 Chronicles 28:15Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
    • 4Deuteronomy 32:52Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”

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