Deuteronomy 34:4
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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3And the South, and the circle of the valley of Jericho, the town of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
5So death came to Moses, the servant of the Lord, there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said.
Cross References
Genesis 12:7And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
Genesis 15:18In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 26:3Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
Numbers 20:12Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy before the children of Israel, you will not take this people into the land which I have given them.
Deuteronomy 1:37And, in addition, the Lord was angry with me because of you, saying, You yourself will not go into it:
Deuteronomy 32:52So you will see the land before you, but you will not go into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 34:2-5
Moses on Mount Pisgah. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 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 showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto… Read the whole commentary →