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1 Then Moses hiked up from the Moabite plains to Mount Nebo, the peak of the Pisgah slope, which faces Jericho. The LORD showed him the whole land: the Gilead region as far as Dan's territory;
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Moses climbed from the Plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the peak of Pisgah facing Jericho. God showed him all the land from Gilead to Dan,
2 all the parts belonging to Naphtali along with the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, as well as the entirety of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea;
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all Naphtali, Ephraim, and Manasseh; all Judah reaching to the Mediterranean Sea;
3 also the arid southern plain, and the plain—including the Jericho Valley, Palm City—as far as Zoar.
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the Negev and the plains which encircle Jericho, City of Palms, as far south as Zoar.
4 Then the LORD said to Moses: "This is the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I promised: ‘I will give it to your descendants.' I have shown it to you with your own eyes; however, you will not cross over into it."
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Then and there God said to him, "This is the land I promised to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with the words 'I will give it to your descendants.' I've let you see it with your own eyes. There it is. But you're not going to go in."
5 Then Moses, the LORD's servant, died—right there in the land of Moab, according to the LORD's command.
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Moses died there in the land of Moab, Moses the servant of God, just as God said.
6 The Lord buried him in a valley in Moabite country across from Beth-peor. Even now, no one knows where Moses' grave is.
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God buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor. No one knows his burial site to this very day.
7 Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight wasn't impaired, and his vigor hadn't diminished a bit.
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Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight was sharp; he still walked with a spring in his step.
8 Back down in the Moabite plains, the Israelites mourned Moses' death for thirty days. At that point, the time for weeping and for mourning Moses was over.
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The People of Israel wept for Moses in the Plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
9 Joshua, Nun's son, was filled with wisdom because Moses had placed his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to Joshua, and they did exactly what the LORD commanded Moses.
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Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. The People of Israel listened obediently to him and did the same as when God had commanded Moses.
10 No prophet like Moses has yet emerged in Israel; Moses knew the LORD face-to-face!
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No prophet has risen since in Israel like Moses, whom God knew face-to-face.
11 That's not even to mention all those signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to his entire land—
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Never since has there been anything like the signs and miracle-wonders that God sent him to do in Egypt, to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land
12 as well as all the extraordinary power that Moses displayed before Israel's own eyes!
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- nothing to compare with that all-powerful hand of his and all the great and terrible things Moses did as every eye in Israel watched.
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