Numbers 27:12
New International Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim Range and see the land I have given the Israelites.

New Living Translation
One day the LORD said to Moses, “Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel.

English Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Now the LORD said to Moses: “Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

NASB 1995
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

NASB 1977
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain (Nebo) [in the] Abarim [range] and look at the land I have given to the sons of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD said to Moses, "One day you will go up into the Abarim Mountains, and from there you will see the land I am giving the Israelites.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD said to Moses, "Go up into the Abarim Mountains, and take a look at the land I will give the Israelites.

Good News Translation
The LORD said to Moses, "Go up the Abarim Mountains and look out over the land that I am giving to the Israelites.

International Standard Version
Then the LORD told Moses, "You are to climb these Abarim mountains and look over the land that I'm going to give the Israelis.

Majority Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

NET Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites.

New Heart English Bible
The LORD said to Moses, "Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Ascend this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And YHWH says to Moses, “Go up to this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Come up to this mountain of the regions beyond, and see the land which I gave to the sons of Israel.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into this mountain Abarim, and view from thence the land which I will give to the children of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The Lord also said to Moses: “Ascend onto this mountain, Abarim, and contemplate from there the land, which I will give to the sons of Israel.

New American Bible
The LORD said to Moses: Go up into this mountain of the Abarim range and view the land that I have given to the Israelites.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the LORD said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of the Hebrews and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe: “Go up to this mountain of the Hebrews and see the land of Canaan that I give to the children of Israel.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord said to Moses, Go up to the mountain that is in the country beyond Jordan, this mount Nabau, and behold the land Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Moses Requests a Successor
12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites. 13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:48-52
On that same day the LORD said to Moses, / “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession. / And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. ...

Deuteronomy 34:1-4
Then 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, / all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, / the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar. ...

Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Exodus 24:12-13
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” / So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

Exodus 32:34
Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”

Deuteronomy 3:23-27
At that time I also pleaded with the LORD: / “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? / Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!” ...

Deuteronomy 31:14
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

Deuteronomy 31:23
Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

Joshua 1:1-2
Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, / “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.

Joshua 1:6
Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.

Psalm 106:32-33
At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. / For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

Hebrews 11:24-26
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. / He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

Hebrews 11:27
By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Acts 7:30-34
After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. / When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him: / ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look. ...


Treasury of Scripture

And the LORD said to Moses, Get you up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

thou also

Numbers 31:2
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

Genesis 25:8,17
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people…

as Aaron

Numbers 20:24-28
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah…

Numbers 33:38
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

Deuteronomy 10:6
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

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1. The daughters of Zelophehad ask for an inheritance
6. The law of inheritances
12. Moses, being told of his death, asks for a successor
18. Joshua is appointed to succeed him














Then the LORD said to Moses
This phrase signifies a direct communication from God to Moses, highlighting the unique relationship between them. The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. This divine instruction underscores the authority and sovereignty of God in guiding His people. Historically, Moses is seen as a prophet and leader, chosen to mediate between God and Israel, and this direct address reaffirms his role.

Go up this mountain
The command to "go up" indicates a physical ascent, but it also symbolizes a spiritual elevation. Mountains in biblical literature often represent places of divine revelation and encounter. The Hebrew word for "mountain" is "har," which can also imply a place of challenge and testing. This ascent is not just a geographical movement but a spiritual journey, preparing Moses for a significant revelation.

of the Abarim range
The Abarim range is a series of mountains east of the Jordan River. The name "Abarim" is derived from the Hebrew root "abar," meaning "to pass over" or "to cross." This range represents a boundary, both physically and spiritually, as it is the threshold to the Promised Land. Archaeologically, this area is significant as it provides a vantage point over the land of Canaan, symbolizing the transition from wilderness wandering to the fulfillment of God's promise.

and see the land
The instruction to "see" the land is both literal and metaphorical. The Hebrew word "ra'ah" means to see, perceive, or understand. Moses is granted a vision of the Promised Land, a fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This sight is a divine gift, allowing Moses to witness the fruition of a promise, even though he will not enter it himself. It serves as a testament to God's faithfulness and the hope of future generations.

that I have given the Israelites
This phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty and the certainty of His promises. The use of "I have given" in the past tense indicates the assurance and irrevocability of God's gift, even before the Israelites physically possess the land. The term "Israelites" refers to the descendants of Jacob, highlighting their identity as God's chosen people. This promise is rooted in the Abrahamic covenant, underscoring the continuity of God's plan and His unwavering commitment to His people.

(12) Get thee up into this mount Abarim.--The position of this command, in immediate connection with the answer returned to the request of the daughters of Zelophehad, is very remarkable. They were to enter into the land of promise, and their descendants were to inherit it. The great lawgiver himself was to be excluded on account of his transgression. He does not, however, shrink from recording the sentence of exclusion in immediate connection with an incident which brings out that exclusion into greater prominence. The fulfilment of the announcement made to Moses is related in Deuteronomy 32:48-52. The mountains of Abarim form the Moabitish table-land, the northern portion of which bore the name of Pisgah. It is here that we must look for Mount Nebo, which is sometimes described as one of the mountains of Abarim (Deuteronomy 32:49), and at other times as the top of Pisgah (Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 34:1).

And see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.--"The law," says Bishop Wordsworth, "led men to 'see the promises afar off, and to embrace them' [rather, to see and greet the promises from afar, Hebrews 11:13], and it brought them to the borders of Canaan, but could not bring them into it: that was reserved for Joshua, the type of Jesus." It must not be overlooked, however, that, although he was shut out during his lifetime from entering into the land of Canaan, Moses was permitted to stand with Elijah upon the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:3). . . .

Verse 12. - And the Lord said unto Moses. It is impossible to determine the exact place of this announcement in the order of events narrated. It would appear from Numbers 31:1 that the war with the Midianites occurred later, and certainly the address to the people and to Joshua in Deuteronomy 31:1-8 presupposes the formal appointment here recorded; but the chronologer of the concluding chapters of Numbers is evidently very uncertain; they may, or may not, be arranged in order of time. We may with good reason suppose that the summons to die was only separated from its fulfillment by the brief interval necessary to complete what work was yet unfinished (such as the punishment of the Midianites and the provisional settlement of the trans-Jordanic country) before the river was crossed. Into this Mount Abarim. See on Numbers 33:47; Deuteronomy 32:49 sq., where this command is recited more in detail. Abarim was apparently the range behind the Arboth Moab, the northern portion of which opposite to Jericho was called Pisgah (Numbers 21:20; Deuteronomy 3:27), and the highest point Nebo (Deuteronomy 32:49; Deuteronomy 34:1), after the name of a neighbouring town (Numbers 33:47). And see the land. Moses had already been told that he should not enter the promised land (Numbers 20:12), yet he is allowed the consolation of seeing it with his eyes before his death. It would seem from Deuteronomy 3:25-27 that this favour was accorded him in answer to his prayer.

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

“Go up
עֲלֵ֛ה (‘ă·lêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

this
הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

mountain
הַ֥ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

of the Abarim range
הָעֲבָרִ֖ים (hā·‘ă·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5682: Abarim -- 'regions beyond', a mountainous region North of the Dead Sea

and see
וּרְאֵה֙ (ū·rə·’êh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

the land
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I have given
נָתַ֖תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

the Israelites.
לִבְנֵ֥י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son


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