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1 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,
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And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
2 all Naphtali, Ephraim, and Manasseh; all Judah reaching to the Mediterranean Sea;
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And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
3 the Negev and the plains which encircle Jericho, City of Palms, as far south as Zoar.
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And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
4 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."
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And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
5 Moses died there in the land of Moab, Moses the servant of God, just as God said.
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So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
6 God buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor. No one knows his burial site to this very day.
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And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
7 Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight was sharp; he still walked with a spring in his step.
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And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
8 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.
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And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 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.
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And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
10 No prophet has risen since in Israel like Moses, whom God knew face-to-face.
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And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
11 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
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In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
12 - 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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And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
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