Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 3:27
Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses on the plains of Moab after refusing his plea to cross the Jordan, immediately before instructing him to commission Joshua.
The words — The command to ascend uses עֲלֵה ('aleh, "go up") and רֹאשׁ (rosh, "top") directed toward הַפִּסְגָּה (haPisgah, "Pisgah"), paired with וְשָׂא עֵינֶיךָ (ve'sa 'eineka, "lift up your eyes") toward the cardinal directions.
The thread — This directive echoes God’s command to Abram to lift his eyes in Gen 13:14, the initial call to ascend the Abarim range in Num 27:12, and the fulfillment of this view in Deut 34:1.
Why it lands — The text commands a final visual inspection of the land while explicitly closing the possibility of crossing the Jordan, demanding acceptance of a divinely imposed boundary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Cross-references
- Numbers 27:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 34:1 Then 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,
- Genesis 13:14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,