The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And Moses went up from the table-lands of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah which is facing Jericho. And the Lord let him see all the land, the land of Gilead as far as Dan;
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Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Mount Pisgah east of Jericho, and there the Lord showed him the whole land: the territory of Gilead as far north as the town of Dan;
2 And all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, as far as the Great Sea of the west;
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the entire territory of Naphtali; the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh; the territory of Judah as far west as the Mediterranean Sea;
3 And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
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the southern part of Judah; and the plain that reaches from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.
4 And the Lord said to him, This is the land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: now I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not go in there.
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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 death came to Moses, the servant of the Lord, there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said.
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So Moses, the Lord's servant, died there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said he would.
6 And the Lord put him to rest in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor: but no man has knowledge of his resting-place to this day.
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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.
7 And Moses at his death was a hundred and twenty years old: his eye had not become clouded, or his natural force become feeble.
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Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; he was as strong as ever, and his eyesight was still good.
8 For thirty days the children of Israel were weeping for Moses in the table-lands of Moab, till the days of weeping and sorrow for Moses were ended.
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The people of Israel mourned for him for thirty days in the plains of Moab.
9 And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had put his hands on him: and the children of Israel gave ear to him, and did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
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Joshua son of Nun was filled with wisdom, because Moses had appointed him to be his successor. The people of Israel obeyed Joshua and kept the commands that the Lord had given them through Moses.
10 There has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord had knowledge of face to face;
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There has never been a prophet in Israel like Moses; the Lord spoke with him face-to-face.
11 In all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;
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No other prophet has ever done miracles and wonders like those that the Lord sent Moses to perform against the king of Egypt, his officials, and the entire country.
12 And in all the acts of power and fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.
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No other prophet has been able to do the great and terrifying things that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.