Números 27:12

12 Entonces el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Sube a este monte Abarim, y mira la tierra que yo he dado a los hijos de Israel.

Números 27:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 27:12

And the Lord said unto Moses
After the covenant made with Israel in the plains of Moab, and the song delivered to them, ( Deuteronomy 29:1 ) ( Deuteronomy 32:1-49 )

get thee up to this Mount Abarim;
which was a range of mountains, so called from the passages by them over Jordan into the land of Canaan; one part of which was Nebo, and the top of that Pisgah, from whence Moses had the view of the good land here directed to; see ( Numbers 33:47 ) ( Deuteronomy 32:49 ) ( 34:1 ) .

and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel;
for though he was now one hundred and twenty years old, his eyes were not dim, he could see at a great distance; and the height of this hill gave him an advantage of taking a prospect of the land, a great way into it; and very probably his sight might be greatly strengthened and increased at this time by the Lord, for the purpose; this may be an emblem of that sight by faith, which believers have at times of the heavenly Canaan, and sometimes are favoured with an enlarged one of it before their death.

Números 27:12 In-Context

10 "Y si no tiene hermanos, entonces daréis su herencia a los hermanos de su padre.

11 "Y si su padre no tiene hermanos, entonces daréis su herencia al pariente más cercano en su familia, y él la poseerá. Y será norma de derecho para los hijos de Israel, tal como el SEÑOR ordenó a Moisés."

12 Entonces el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Sube a este monte Abarim, y mira la tierra que yo he dado a los hijos de Israel.

13 Y cuando la hayas visto, tú también te reunirás a tu pueblo, como se reunió tu hermano Aarón.

14 Porque cuando os rebelasteis contra mi mandamiento en el desierto de Zin durante la contienda de la congregación, debisteis santificarme en las aguas ante sus ojos. (Esas son las aguas de Meriba, de Cades, en el desierto de Zin.)