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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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes Moses climbing from the plains of Moab to the summit of Mount Nebo facing Jericho. This moment occurs at the conclusion of the covenant narrative, immediately preceding the account of his death.
The words — וַיַּעַל (va.ya'al) means "and he went up," denoting a deliberate ascent. רֹאשׁ (rosh) specifies the "top" or summit of the mountain, emphasizing the elevated vantage point.
The thread — The command to view the land from Mount Nebo echoes the earlier directive in Numbers 27:12 and Deuteronomy 32:49. The geographical marker of Dan later appears in Joshua 19:47 regarding territorial boundaries.
Why it lands — The text states that God showed Moses the entire promised territory before his death. The reader must acknowledge that divine promise and human leadership conclude without the leader entering the inheritance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
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 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.
- Joshua 19:47 (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
- Ezekiel 40:2 In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
- Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
- Genesis 14:14 And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
- Numbers 21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
- Numbers 32:33 So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
- Numbers 33:47 They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
- 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.