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Deuteronomy 3:27 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 3 · verse 27
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.Deuteronomy 3:27 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 3:27 in context
25I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
26But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
27Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
28But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
29So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- northwardtsâphôwnproperly, hiddenH6828 →
- southwardtêymânthe southH8486 →
- westwardyâma sea or large body of waterH3220 →
- eastwardmizrâchsunriseH4217 →
- PisgahPiçgâhPisgah, a Mountain East of JordanH6449 →
- beholdrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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Here is I. The encouragement which Moses gave to Joshua, who was to succeed him in the government, Deu 3:21, Deu 3:22. He commanded him not to fear. This those that are aged and experienced in the service of God should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those that are young, and setting out in religion.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-29