1 And Moses goes up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which [is] on the front of Jericho, and YHWH shows him all the land—Gilead to Dan, 2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah to the Western Sea, 3 and the south, and the circuit of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palms, to Zoar. 4 And YHWH says to him, “This [is] the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I give it to your seed; I have caused you to see with your eyes, but you do not pass over there.” 5 And Moses, servant of the Lord, dies there in the land of Moab, according to the command of YHWH; 6 and He buries him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-Peor, and no man has known his burying place to this day. 7 And Moses [is] a son of one hundred and twenty years when he dies; his eye has not become dim, nor has his moisture fled. 8 And the sons of Israel lament Moses in the plains of Moab [for] thirty days; and the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses are completed. 9 And Joshua son of Nun is full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him, and the sons of Israel listen to him, and do as YHWH commanded Moses. 10 And there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses anymore, whom YHWH has known face to face, 11 in reference to all the signs and the wonders which YHWH sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12 and in reference to all the strong hand and to all the great fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.
Deuteronomy · Literal Standard Version
Deuteronomy 34 Literal Standard Version
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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Mount Nebo
A summit in the Transjordan highlands of Moab. From here Moses surveyed Canaan before his death; the view spans the Jordan Valley, Jericho, and the Dead Sea.
Cited in the guide: Deuteronomy 34:1; Deuteronomy 32:49
Cross references (11)
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- 1 Joshua 19:47; Ezekiel 40:2; Numbers 27:12; Deuteronomy 32:49; Revelation 21:10
- 2 Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 15:12; Numbers 34:6; Exodus 23:31
- 3 2 Chronicles 28:15; Judges 3:13; Judges 1:16; Genesis 19:22; Genesis 14:2
- 4 Deuteronomy 32:52; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 28:13; Deuteronomy 3:26–27; Genesis 26:3
- 5 Deuteronomy 32:50; Joshua 1:1–2; Hebrews 3:3–6; Revelation 15:3; John 8:35–36
- 6 Jude 9; Deuteronomy 3:29
- 7 Deuteronomy 31:2; Joshua 14:10–11; Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10; Acts 7:36
- 8 Genesis 50:3; Numbers 20:29; Genesis 50:10; Acts 8:2; 1 Samuel 25:1
- 9 Isaiah 11:2; Daniel 6:3; Acts 8:17–19; John 3:34; Acts 6:6
- 10 Exodus 33:11; Numbers 12:6–8; Deuteronomy 18:15–18; Deuteronomy 5:4–5; Acts 3:22–23
- 11 Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 4:34; Psalm 78:43–58; Psalm 105:26–38
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For it is written, And Jesus the son of Nun was filled with a spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)