Numbers 33:48-50

33:48 They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River ¹  across from Jericho. ²  33:49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

At the Border of Canaan

33:50 The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

Deuteronomy 1:8

1:8 Look! I have already given the land to you. ³  Go, occupy the territory that I, ⁴  the Lord, promised ⁵  to give to your ancestors ⁶  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.” ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 34:1-4

The Death of Moses

34:1 Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. ⁸  The Lord showed him the whole land – Gilead to Dan, 34:2 and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the distant ⁹  sea, 34:3 the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar. 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.’ ¹⁰  I have let you see it, ¹¹  but you will not cross over there.”

¹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

² map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

³ tn Heb “I have placed before you the land.”

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” Since the Lord is speaking, it is preferable for clarity to supply the first person pronoun in the translation.

⁵ tn Heb “swore” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to God’s promise, made by solemn oath, to give the patriarchs the land.

⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 11, 21, 35).

⁷ tn Heb “their seed after them.”

⁸ sn For the geography involved, see note on the term “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.

⁹ tn Or “western” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); Heb “latter,” a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

¹⁰ tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

¹¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “with your eyes,” but this is redundant in English and is left untranslated.