Joshua Is Appointed Israel's Leader

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

^12 (A) 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. ¹³ After you have seen it, you will die,^[a] just like your brother Aaron, ¹⁴ because both of you disobeyed me at Meribah near the town of Kadesh in the Zin Desert. When the Israelites insulted me there, you didn't believe in my holy power.”^[b]

God Refused To Let Moses Enter Canaan

Moses said to Israel:

^23 (A) At that time I prayed and begged, ²⁴ “Our Lord, it seems that you have just begun to show me your great power. No other god in the sky or on earth is able to do the mighty things that you do. ²⁵ The land west of the Jordan is such good land. Please let me cross the Jordan and see the hills and the Lebanon Mountains.”

²⁶ But the Lord was angry with me because of you people,^[a] and he refused to listen. “That's enough!” he said. “I don't want to hear any more. ²⁷ Climb to the top of Mount Pisgah and look north, south, east, and west. Take a good look, but you are not going to cross the Jordan River.