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Texts -- Deuteronomy 34:4 (NET)

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34:4 Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised to Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob when I said , ‘I will give it to your descendants .’ I have let you see it, but you will not cross over there .”

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  • "A testament is of force only after the death of the testator [cf. Heb. 9:16-17]. So the Deuteronomic Covenant in it testamentary aspect . . . would not become operative until after the death of Moses. Only then would Joshua ...
  • 105:7-11 God remembered His people (v. 7, cf. v. 42) so His people should remember Him (v. 5). God had been faithful to the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 12:1-3, 7; 15:18-21; 22:15-18; 28:13-15). He made this covenant with Abraham...
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