Deuteronomy 34:4

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "This is the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob I would give to their descendants. I have let you see it, but I will not let you go there." ¹

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 ) .

Deuteronomy 34:4 In-Context

2 the entire territory of Naphtali; the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh; the territory of Judah as far west as the Mediterranean Sea;

3 the southern part of Judah; and the plain that reaches from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "This is the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob I would give to their descendants. I have let you see it, but I will not let you go there."

5 So Moses, the Lord's servant, died there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said he would.

6 The Lord buried him in a valley in Moab, opposite the town of Bethpeor, but to this day no one knows the exact place of his burial.

Cross References

• 1. 34.4 aGenesis 12.7; bGenesis 26.3; cGenesis 28.13.