Deuteronomy 32:52

52 So you will see the land before you, but you will not go into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:52 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 32:52

Yet thou shalt see the land before [thee]
Which Jarchi interprets, afar off; and so does Noldius ^F3; he saw it at a distance, as the Old Testament saints saw the things promised afar off, and were persuaded of them, though they did not enjoy them, ( Hebrews 11:13 ) :

but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children
of Israel;
the land of Canaan was a gift of God to Israel, into which they were not to be introduced by Moses, but by Joshua; signifying that eternal life, or the heavenly Canaan, is the gift of God through Christ, the antitype of Joshua, and not to obtained by the works of the law.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Ebr. part. Concord. p. 626. so Ainsworth.

Deuteronomy 32:52 In-Context

50 And let death come to you on the mountain where you are going, and be put to rest with your people; as death came to Aaron, your brother, on Mount Hor, where he was put to rest with his people:

51 Because of your sin against me before the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath Kadesh in the waste land of Zin; because you did not keep my name holy among the children of Israel.

52 So you will see the land before you, but you will not go into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.