Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 32:52
Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses immediately after the Meribah-kadesh judgment, declaring that Moses will view the promised territory from afar but will not cross into it.
The words — The Hebrew verb תִּרְאֶ֣ה (tir'eh) literally means "you will see," paired with the negative prohibition לֹא תָב֔וֹא (lo taVo'), meaning "you will not go" or "you will not enter."
The thread — This restriction recurs in Deuteronomy 1:37, where God explicitly bars Moses from the land, and is fulfilled in Numbers 27:12 and Deuteronomy 34:1 when God directs Moses to ascend the Abarim range to view the territory from a distance.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that proximity to a divine promise does not guarantee participation in its fulfillment, grounding the restriction in the failure to uphold holiness before the community.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
Cross-references
- 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,
- 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 1:37 The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Hebrews 11:13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- Hebrews 11:39 These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.