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Today's Bible Reading :: Deuteronomy 32 - 34 (ESV)

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Deuteronomy 32

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:1 - “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak,
and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:3 - For I will proclaim the name of the LORD;
ascribe greatness to our God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - “The Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
just and upright is he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Do you thus repay the LORD,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he your father, who created you,
who made you and established you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders[fn] of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 - But the LORD’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 - “He found him in a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he encircled him, he cared for him,
he kept him as the apple of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:12 - the LORD alone guided him,
no foreign god was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He made him ride on the high places of the land,
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat[fn] of lambs,
rams of Bashan and goats,
with the very finest[fn] of the wheat—
and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked;
you grew fat, stout, and sleek;
then he forsook God who made him
and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:16 - They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:17 - They sacrificed to demons that were not God,
to gods they had never known,
to new gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:18 - You were unmindful of the Rock that bore[fn] you,
and you forgot the God who gave you birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 - “The LORD saw it and spurned them,
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:20 - And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them;
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have made me jealous with what is no god;
they have provoked me to anger with their idols.
So I will make them jealous with those who are no people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire is kindled by my anger,
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:23 - “‘And I will heap disasters upon them;
I will spend my arrows on them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - they shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Outdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26 - I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces;
I will wipe them from human memory,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the LORD who did all this.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28 - “For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is no understanding in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern their latter end!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How could one have chased a thousand,
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and the LORD had given them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:31 - For their rock is not as our Rock;
our enemies are by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of poison;
their clusters are bitter;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - their wine is the poison of serpents
and the cruel venom of asps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:34 - “‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
sealed up in my treasuries?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 - Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[fn]
for the time when their foot shall slip;
for the day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the LORD will vindicate[fn] his people
and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, bond or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:39 - “‘See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:40 - For I lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - if I sharpen my flashing sword[fn]
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - “Rejoice with him, O heavens;[fn]
bow down to him, all gods,[fn]
for he avenges the blood of his children[fn]
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[fn]
and cleanses[fn] his people’s land.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:44 - Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Joshua[fn] the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:45 - And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:46 - he said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

Moses’ Death Foretold

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:48 - That very day the LORD spoke to Moses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49 - “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:50

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:50 - And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:52 - For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel.”
ESV Footnotes
Or territories
Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel
That is, with the best
Hebrew with the kidney fat
Or fathered
Septuagint and I will repay
Septuagint judge
Hebrew the lightning of my sword
Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations
Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods
Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants
Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him
Or atones for
Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people
Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew Hoshea

Deuteronomy 33

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:1 - This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - He said,
“The LORD came from Sinai
and dawned from Seir upon us;[fn]
he shone forth from Mount Paran;
he came from the ten thousands of holy ones,
with flaming fire[fn] at his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - Yes, he loved his people,[fn]
all his holy ones were in his[fn] hand;
so they followed[fn] in your steps,
receiving direction from you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:4 - when Moses commanded us a law,
as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 - Thus the LORD[fn] became king in Jeshurun,
when the heads of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Israel together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - “Let Reuben live, and not die,
but let his men be few.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - And this he said of Judah:
“Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah,
and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend[fn] for him,
and be a help against his adversaries.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said,
“Give to Levi[fn] your Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
whom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:9 - who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
he disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For they observed your word
and kept your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10 - They shall teach Jacob your rules
and Israel your law;
they shall put incense before you
and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless, O LORD, his substance,
and accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - Of Benjamin he said,
“The beloved of the LORD dwells in safety.
The High God[fn] surrounds him all day long,
and dwells between his shoulders.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:13 - And of Joseph he said,
“Blessed by the LORD be his land,
with the choicest gifts of heaven above,[fn]
and of the deep that crouches beneath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:14 - with the choicest fruits of the sun
and the rich yield of the months,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:15 - with the finest produce of the ancient mountains
and the abundance of the everlasting hills,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 - with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwells in the bush.
May these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - A firstborn bull[fn]—he has majesty,
and his horns are the horns of a wild ox;
with them he shall gore the peoples,
all of them, to the ends of the earth;
they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:18 - And of Zebulun he said,
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and Issachar, in your tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They shall call peoples to their mountain;
there they offer right sacrifices;
for they draw from the abundance of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - And of Gad he said,
“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!
Gad crouches like a lion;
he tears off arm and scalp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - He chose the best of the land for himself,
for there a commander’s portion was reserved;
and he came with the heads of the people,
with Israel he executed the justice of the LORD,
and his judgments for Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - And of Dan he said,
“Dan is a lion’s cub
that leaps from Bashan.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:23 - And of Naphtali he said,
“O Naphtali, sated with favor,
and full of the blessing of the LORD,
possess the lake[fn] and the south.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:24 - And of Asher he said,
“Most blessed of sons be Asher;
let him be the favorite of his brothers,
and let him dip his foot in oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:25 - Your bars shall be iron and bronze,
and as your days, so shall your strength be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is none like God, O Jeshurun,
who rides through the heavens to your help,
through the skies in his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:27 - The eternal God is your dwelling place,[fn]
and underneath are the everlasting arms.[fn]
And he thrust out the enemy before you
and said, ‘Destroy.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 - So Israel lived in safety,
Jacob lived alone,[fn]
in a land of grain and wine,
whose heavens drop down dew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the LORD,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs.”
ESV Footnotes
Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew them
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Septuagint; Hebrew peoples
Hebrew your
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Hebrew Thus he
Probable reading; Hebrew With his hands he contended
Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks Give to Levi
Septuagint; Hebrew dwells in safety by him. He
Two Hebrew manuscripts and Targum; Hebrew with the dew
Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Samaritan; Masoretic Text His firstborn bull
Or west
Or a dwelling place
Revocalization of verse 27 yields He subdues the ancient gods, and shatters the forces of old
Hebrew the abode of Jacob was alone

Deuteronomy 34

The Death of Moses

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:2 - all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:3 - the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:4 - And the LORD said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:5 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:6 - and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:9 - And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:10 - And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:11 - none like him for all the signs and the wonders that the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:12 - and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
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