Deuteronomy 3:23
New International Version
At that time I pleaded with the LORD:

New Living Translation
“At that time I pleaded with the LORD and said,

English Standard Version
“And I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

King James Bible
And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

New King James Version
“Then I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying:

New American Standard Bible
“I also pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying,

NASB 1995
“I also pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying,

NASB 1977
“I also pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
“I also pleaded with Yahweh at that time, saying,

Amplified Bible
“Then I pleaded with the LORD at that time [for His favor], saying,

Christian Standard Bible
“At that time I begged the LORD:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At that time I begged the LORD:

American Standard Version
And I besought Jehovah at that time, saying,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I begged before LORD JEHOVAH at that time and I said:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,

Contemporary English Version
At that time I prayed and begged,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I besought the Lord at that time, saying:

English Revised Version
And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then I pleaded with the LORD:

Good News Translation
"At that time I earnestly prayed,

International Standard Version
"I pleaded with the LORD at that time,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I besought the LORD at that time, saying:

Literal Standard Version
And to YHWH I beg for grace at that time, saying,

Majority Standard Bible
At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

New American Bible
It was then that I entreated the LORD,

NET Bible
Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the LORD,

New Revised Standard Version
At that time, too, I entreated the LORD, saying:

New Heart English Bible
I begged the LORD at that time, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,

World English Bible
I begged Yahweh at that time, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
'And I entreat for grace unto Jehovah, at that time, saying,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan
23At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: 24“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?…

Cross References
Numbers 27:12
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you."

Deuteronomy 3:24
"O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?


Treasury of Scripture

And I sought the LORD at that time, saying,

2 Corinthians 12:8,9
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me…

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Deuteronomy 3
1. The conquest of Og, king of Bashan
11. This size of his bed
12. The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and half
23. Moses prays to enter into the land
26. He is permitted to see it














(23) Here begins the second section according to the Jewish division, called "And I besought" (vaeth channan).

(23-28) And I besought the Lord at that time.--Two things Moses is recorded to have asked for himself in the story of the exodus. The first is written in Exodus 33:18, "I beseech thee shew me thy glory;" the second is before us here. "O Lord GOD (Adonai Jehovah), thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand . . . I pray thee let me go over and see the good land beyond Jordan." It would seem that Moses desired not so much to view the land (which, indeed, was granted him), but to see the greatness of Jehovah manifested in the conquest, as he had seen it in the victories over Og and Sihon. While we cannot allow for a moment that "the old fathers looked only for transitory promises" (see Notes on Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 22:7), yet it is impossible not to feel in this prayer of Moses the pressure of the veil which hung over the unseen world before the coming of our Saviour, who "brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel." Moses evidently did not realise that he might see the works of Jehovah and His glory still more clearly in the other world.

Verses 23-29. - Prayer of Moses. Moses knew that he was not to enter the Promised Land with the people; but, reluctant to relinquish the enterprise which he had so far conducted until he should see it successfully finished, he besought the Lord that at least he might be permitted to cross the Jordan, and see the goodly land. This prayer was presented probably just before Moses asked God to set a man over the congregation to be their leader to the promised land (Numbers 27:15-17); for the command to give a charge to Joshua, in that office, follows immediately, as part of God's answer to Moses' request (ver. 28), and the expression "at that time" (ver. 23) points back to the charge of Moses to Joshua, as contemporaneous with the offering of his prayer. In this prayer Moses appeals to what he had already experienced of God's favor to him, in that he had begun to show him his greatness and his mighty power. The reference is to the victories already achieved over the Amorites; these were tokens of the Divine power graciously manifested to Israel, and Moses appeals to them as strengthening his plea for further favors (comp. the pleading, Exodus 33:12, etc.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
At that
הַהִ֖וא (ha·hi·w)
Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

time
בָּעֵ֥ת (bā·‘êṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

I also pleaded
וָאֶתְחַנַּ֖ן (wā·’eṯ·ḥan·nan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

with the LORD:
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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