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Selected Verse: Numbers 27:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Nu 27:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Get thee up [05927] into this mount [02022] Abarim [05682], and see [07200] the land [0776] which I have given [05414] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478]. |
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King James |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
MOSES BEING TOLD OF HIS APPROACHING DEATH, ASKS FOR A SUCCESSOR. (Num 27:12-17)
The Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land--Although the Israelites were now on the confines of the promised land, Moses was not privileged to cross the Jordan, but died on one of the Moabitic range of mountains, to which the general name of Abarim was given (Num 33:47). The privation of this great honor was owing to the unhappy conduct he had manifested in the striking of the rock at Meribah [Num 20:12]; and while the pious leader submitted with meek acquiescence to the divine decree, he evinced the spirit of genuine patriotism in his fervent prayers for the appointment of a worthy and competent successor [Num 27:15-17]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Mount Abarim - See Num 21:20 note. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Death of Moses Foretold. - After these instructions concerning the division of the land, the Lord announced to Moses his approaching end. From the mountains of Abarim he was to see the land which the Israelites would receive, and then like Aaron to be gathered to his people, because like him he also had sinned at the water of strife at Kadesh. This announcement was made, "that he might go forward to his death with the fullest consciousness, and might set his house in order, that is to say, might finish as much as he could while still alive, and provide as much as possible what would make up after his death for the absence of his own person, upon which the whole house of Israel was now so dependent" (Baumgarten). The fulfilment of this announcement is described in Deu 32:48-52. The particular spot upon the mountains of Abarim from which Moses saw the land of Canaan, is also minutely described there. It was Mount Nebo, upon which he also died. The mountains of Abarim (cf. Num 33:47) are the mountain range forming the Moabitish table-land, which slope off into the steppes of Moab. It is upon this range, the northern portion of which opposite to Jericho bore the name of Pisgah, that we are to look for Mount Nebo, which is sometimes described as one of the mountains of Abarim (Deu 32:49), and at other times as the top of Pisgah (Deu 3:27; Deu 34:1; see at Num 21:20). Nebo is not to be identified with Jebel Attarus, but to be sought for much farther to the north, since, according to Eusebius (s. v. Ἀβαρείμ), it was opposite to Jericho, between Livias, which was in the valley of the Jordan nearly opposite to Jericho, and Heshbon; consequently very near to the point which is marked as the "Heights of Nebo" on Van de Velde's map. The prospect from the heights of Nebo must have been a very extensive one. According to Burckhardt (Syr. ii. pp. 106-7), "even the city of Heshbon (Hhuzban) itself stood upon so commanding an eminence, that the view extended at least thirty English miles in all directions, and towards the south probably as far as sixty miles." On the expression, "gathered unto thy people," see at Gen 25:8, and on Aaron's death see Num 20:28. מריתם כּאשׁר: "as ye transgressed My commandment." By the double use of כּאשׁר (quomodo, "as"), the death of Aaron, and also that of Moses, are placed in a definite relation to the sin of these two heads of Israel. As they both sinned at Kadesh against the commandment of the Lord, so they were both of them to die without entering the land of Canaan. On the sin, see at Num 20:12-13, and on the desert of Zin, at Num 13:21. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Abarim - The whole tract of mountains was called Abarim, whereof one of the highest was called Nebo, and the top of that Pisgah. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Get thee up into this Mount Abarim - The mountain which Moses was commanded to ascend was certainly Mount Nebo, see Deu 32:49, etc., which was the same as Pisgah, see Deu 34:1. The mountains of Abarim, according to Dr. Shaw, are a long ridge of frightful, rocky, precipitous hills, which are continued all along the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, as far as the eye can reach. As in Hebrew עבר abar signifies to pass over, Abarim here probably signifies passages; and the ridge in this place had its name in all likelihood from the passage of the Israelites, as it was opposite to these that they passed the Jordan into the promised land. |
15 And Moses [04872] spake [01696] unto the LORD [03068], saying [0559],
16 Let the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of the spirits [07307] of all flesh [01320], set [06485] a man [0376] over the congregation [05712],
17 Which may go out [03318] before [06440] them, and which may go in [0935] before [06440] them, and which may lead them out [03318], and which may bring them in [0935]; that the congregation [05712] of the LORD [03068] be not as sheep [06629] which have no shepherd [07462].
12 And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], Because ye believed [0539] me not, to sanctify [06942] me in the eyes [05869] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], therefore ye shall not bring [0935] this congregation [06951] into the land [0776] which I have given [05414] them.
47 And they removed [05265] from Almondiblathaim [05963], and pitched [02583] in the mountains [02022] of Abarim [05682], before [06440] Nebo [05015].
12 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Get thee up [05927] into this mount [02022] Abarim [05682], and see [07200] the land [0776] which I have given [05414] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
13 And when thou hast seen [07200] it, thou also shalt be gathered [0622] unto thy people [05971], as Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] was gathered [0622].
14 For ye rebelled [04784] against my commandment [06310] in the desert [04057] of Zin [06790], in the strife [04808] of the congregation [05712], to sanctify [06942] me at the water [04325] before their eyes [05869]: that is the water [04325] of Meribah [04809] in Kadesh [06946] in the wilderness [04057] of Zin [06790].
15 And Moses [04872] spake [01696] unto the LORD [03068], saying [0559],
16 Let the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of the spirits [07307] of all flesh [01320], set [06485] a man [0376] over the congregation [05712],
17 Which may go out [03318] before [06440] them, and which may go in [0935] before [06440] them, and which may lead them out [03318], and which may bring them in [0935]; that the congregation [05712] of the LORD [03068] be not as sheep [06629] which have no shepherd [07462].
20 And from Bamoth [01120] in the valley [01516], that is in the country [07704] of Moab [04124], to the top [07218] of Pisgah [06449], which looketh [08259] toward [06440] Jeshimon [03452].
21 So they went up [05927], and searched [08446] the land [0776] from the wilderness [04057] of Zin [06790] unto Rehob [07340], as men come [0935] to Hamath [02574].
12 And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], Because ye believed [0539] me not, to sanctify [06942] me in the eyes [05869] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], therefore ye shall not bring [0935] this congregation [06951] into the land [0776] which I have given [05414] them.
13 This is [01992] the water [04325] of Meribah [04809]; because the children [01121] of Israel [03478] strove [07378] with the LORD [03068], and he was sanctified [06942] in them.
28 And Moses [04872] stripped [06584] Aaron [0175] of his garments [0899], and put [03847] them upon Eleazar [0499] his son [01121]; and Aaron [0175] died [04191] there in the top [07218] of the mount [02022]: and Moses [04872] and Eleazar [0499] came down [03381] from the mount [02022].
8 Then Abraham [085] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], an old man [02205], and full [07649] of years; and was gathered [0622] to his people [05971].
20 And from Bamoth [01120] in the valley [01516], that is in the country [07704] of Moab [04124], to the top [07218] of Pisgah [06449], which looketh [08259] toward [06440] Jeshimon [03452].
1 And Moses [04872] went up [05927] from the plains [06160] of Moab [04124] unto the mountain [02022] of Nebo [05015], to the top [07218] of Pisgah [06449], that is over against [06440] Jericho [03405]. And the LORD [03068] shewed [07200] him all the land [0776] of Gilead [01568], unto Dan [01835],
27 Get thee up [05927] into the top [07218] of Pisgah [06449], and lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] westward [03220], and northward [06828], and southward [08486], and eastward [04217], and behold [07200] it with thine eyes [05869]: for thou shalt not go over [05674] this Jordan [03383].
49 Get thee up [05927] into this mountain [02022] Abarim [05682], unto mount [02022] Nebo [05015], which is in the land [0776] of Moab [04124], that is over against [06440] Jericho [03405]; and behold [07200] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which I give [05414] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] for a possession [0272]:
47 And they removed [05265] from Almondiblathaim [05963], and pitched [02583] in the mountains [02022] of Abarim [05682], before [06440] Nebo [05015].
48 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] that selfsame [06106] day [03117], saying [0559],
49 Get thee up [05927] into this mountain [02022] Abarim [05682], unto mount [02022] Nebo [05015], which is in the land [0776] of Moab [04124], that is over against [06440] Jericho [03405]; and behold [07200] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which I give [05414] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] for a possession [0272]:
50 And die [04191] in the mount [02022] whither thou goest up [05927], and be gathered [0622] unto thy people [05971]; as Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251] died [04191] in mount [02022] Hor [02023], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971]:
51 Because ye trespassed [04603] against me among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] at the waters [04325] of Meribah-Kadesh [04808] [06946], in the wilderness [04057] of Zin [06790]; because ye sanctified [06942] me not in the midst [08432] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
52 Yet thou shalt see [07200] the land [0776] before thee; but thou shalt not go [0935] thither unto the land [0776] which I give [05414] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
1 And Moses [04872] went up [05927] from the plains [06160] of Moab [04124] unto the mountain [02022] of Nebo [05015], to the top [07218] of Pisgah [06449], that is over against [06440] Jericho [03405]. And the LORD [03068] shewed [07200] him all the land [0776] of Gilead [01568], unto Dan [01835],
49 Get thee up [05927] into this mountain [02022] Abarim [05682], unto mount [02022] Nebo [05015], which is in the land [0776] of Moab [04124], that is over against [06440] Jericho [03405]; and behold [07200] the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], which I give [05414] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] for a possession [0272]: