Deuteronomy 34:3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

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New International Version
the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

English Standard Version
the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

New American Standard Bible
and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

King James Bible
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

International Standard Version
including the Negev, the Arabah, the valley of Jericho, and the city of the palm trees as far as Zoar.

American Standard Version
and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the south part, and the breadth of the plain of Jericho the city of palm trees as far as Segor.

Darby Bible Translation
and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Zoar.

Young's Literal Translation
and the south, and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, unto Zoar.

Cross References

Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar.

Judges 1:16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelled among the people.

Judges 3:13
And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

2 Chronicles 28:15
And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

34:1-4 Moses seemed unwilling to leave his work; but that being finished, he manifested no unwillingness to die. God had declared that he should not enter Canaan. But the Lord also promised that Moses should have a view of it, and showed him all that good land. Such a sight believers now have, through grace, of the bliss and glory of their future state. Sometimes God reserves the brightest discoveries of his grace to his people to support their dying moments. Those may leave this world with cheerfulness, who die in the faith of Christ, and in the hope of heaven.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 34

De 34:1-12. Moses from Mount Nebo Views the Land.

1. Moses went up from the plains of Moab—This chapter appears from internal evidence to have been written subsequently to the death of Moses, and it probably formed, at one time, an introduction to the Book of Joshua.

unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah—literally, the head or summit of the Pisgah; that is, the height (compare Nu 23:14; De 3:17-27; 4:49). The general name given to the whole mountain range east of Jordan, was Abarim (compare De 32:49), and the peak to which Moses ascended was dedicated to the heathen Nebo, as Balaam's standing place had been consecrated to Peor. Some modern travellers have fixed on Jebel Attarus, a high mountain south of the Jabbok (Zurka), as the Nebo of this passage [Burckhardt, Seetzen, &c.]. But it is situated too far north for a height which, being described as "over against Jericho," must be looked for above the last stage of the Jordan.

the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead—That pastoral region was discernible at the northern extremity of the mountain line on which he stood, till it ended, far beyond his sight in Dan. Westward, there were on the horizon, the distant hills of "all Naphtali." Coming nearer, was "the land of Ephraim and Manasseh." Immediately opposite was "all the land of Judah," a title at first restricted to the portion of this tribe, beyond which were "the utmost sea" (the Mediterranean) and the Desert of the "South." These were the four great marks of the future inheritance of his people, on which the narrative fixes our attention. Immediately below him was "the circle" of the plain of Jericho, with its oasis of palm trees; and far away on his left, the last inhabited spot before the great desert "Zoar." The foreground of the picture alone was clearly discernible. There was no miraculous power of vision imparted to Moses. That he should see all that is described is what any man could do, if he attained sufficient elevation. The atmosphere of the climate is so subtle and free from vapor that the sight is carried to a distance of which the beholder, who judges from the more dense air of Europe, can form no idea [Vere Monro]. But between him and that "good land," the deep valley of the Jordan intervened; "he was not to go over thither."