Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Lebanon.”
- KJV I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
- NKJV I pray, let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’
- NASB Please let me cross over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country, and Lebanon.’
- NLT Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.’
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Quick answer
Moses asks to cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan. It voices his deep longing to enter the inheritance.
Overview
Moses pleads to behold the good land, the fine hill country and Lebanon, that he had labored toward for forty years. His request reveals both his love for God's promise and the weight of his exclusion. It sets up the LORD's poignant answer in the verses that follow.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Deut 4:21–22The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Exod 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Ezek 20:6On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
- Deut 11:11–12But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
- Num 32:5“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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