I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Parallel translations
- WEB Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Lebanon.”
- BSB Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as 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 4:21–22Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
- Exod 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Ezek 20:6In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
- Deut 11:11–12But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
- Num 32:5Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over 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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