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Deuteronomy 34:4

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4 And the LORD said to him, 1"This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, 'I will give it to your offspring.'2I have let you see it with your eyes, but 3you shall not go over there."
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Deuteronomy 34:4 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 34:4

And the Lord said unto him
The Word of the Lord, as the Jerusalem Targum, having shown him all the land of Canaan:

this [is] the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed;
to Abraham, ( Genesis 15:18 ) ; to Isaac, ( Genesis 26:3 ) ; to Jacob, ( Genesis 28:13 ) ;

I have caused thee to see [it] with thine eyes;
not only had indulged him with a general view of it, but had strengthened his eyesight, that he had a full, clear, and distinct sight of it:

but thou shalt not go over thither;
which he had said more than once before and abides by it, and this because of the behaviour of Moses at the waters of Meribah, ( Numbers 20:12 ) ; see ( Deuteronomy 3:25-27 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 34:4 In-Context

2 all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,
3 the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
4 And the LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, 'I will give it to your offspring.'I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there."
5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD,
6 and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day.

Cross References 3

  • 1. See Genesis 12:7; Genesis 50:24
  • 2. Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 32:52
  • 3. See Deuteronomy 1:37
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