Deuteronomy 34

Berean Standard Bible

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Moses ascends Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, where the LORD shows him the entire promised land from Gilead to the Western Sea. The LORD reminds Moses that this is the land sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, stating that Moses will see it but not cross into it. Moses the servant of the LORD then dies in Moab at the age of one hundred and twenty, and God buries him in a valley facing Beth-peor, leaving his burial place unknown to this day. The Israelites mourn Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days. Following this period of mourning, Joshua son of Nun is filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him, leading the Israelites to obey him just as the LORD had commanded. The text concludes by noting that no prophet has arisen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face and who performed all the signs, wonders, and mighty acts in Egypt and before all Israel.

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¹Then 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, ²all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, ³the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar. ⁴And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.” ⁵So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said. ⁶And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave. ⁷Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished. ⁸The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end. ⁹Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. ¹⁰Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face— ¹¹no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land, ¹²and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

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