Deuteronomy 32:52

52 Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”

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 there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

51 For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.

52 Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”