Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land
23 "Then (2 Cor. 12:8, 9)I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying: 24 ‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Deut. 5:24; 11:2Your greatness and Your mighty hand, for Ex. 8:10; 15:11; 2 Sam. 7:22; Ps. 71:19; 86:8what god isthere in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds?25 I pray, let me cross over and see Ex. 3:8; Deut. 4:22the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’
26 "But the LordNum. 20:12; 27:14; Deut. 1:37; 31:2; 32:51, 52; 34:4was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the Lord said to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter. 27 Num. 23:14; 27:12Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. 28 But Num. 27:18, 23; Deut. 31:3, 7, 8, 23command Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’