Deuteronomy 34

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The Death of Moses

¹Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,

¹And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And YHWH showed him all the land of Gilead, as far as Dan,

²all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,^a

²and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, as far as the Western Sea,

³the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

³and the Negev, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms), as far as Zoar.

⁴And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

⁴And YHWH said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘To your seed I will give it.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, and there you shall not pass over.”

⁵So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.

⁵And Moses the servant of YHWH died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of YHWH.

⁶And He buried him^a in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

⁶And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; no man knows his grave to this day.

⁷Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

⁷And Moses was a son of a hundred and twenty years when he died; his eyes were not dim, nor had his vigor fled.

⁸The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

⁸And the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.

⁹Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

⁹And Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. And the sons of Israel listened to him and did as YHWH had commanded Moses.

¹⁰Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

¹⁰And there has not arisen since that time a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom YHWH knew face to face,

¹¹no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,

¹¹in all the signs and the wonders that YHWH sent him to do in the land of Egypt before Pharaoh, and before all his servants, and in all his land,

¹²and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that^a Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

¹²and by all the mighty power and all the great terror, which Moses performed in the eyes of all Israel.