1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of 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 Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar. 4 Yahweh said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.” 5 So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word. 6 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day. 7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone. 8 The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended. 9 Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses. 10 Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face, 11 in all the signs and the wonders which Yahweh sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the awesome deeds, which Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
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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
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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)