KJV King James Version
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
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Deuteronomy 32:49
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“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.
WEB World English Bible
“Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession;
ASV American Standard Version
Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47 For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before [thee]; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
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עֲלֵ֡הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַר֩H2022 · harmountain: mountהָעֲבָרִ֨יםH5682 · a.va.rimAbarimהַזֶּ֜הH2088 · zehthisהַר־H2022 · harmountain: mountנְב֗וֹH5015 · ne.voNeboאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichבְּאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמוֹאָ֔בH4124 · mo.avMoabאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְרֵח֑וֹH3405 · ye.ri.choJerichoוּרְאֵה֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכְּנַ֔עַןH3667 · ke.na.anCanaanאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichאֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niIנֹתֵ֛ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִבְנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלַאֲחֻזָּֽה׃H272 · a.chuz.zahpossession
Cross-references
Numbers 27:12And 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.2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.Deuteronomy 34:1-5And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that [is] over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,Numbers 33:47-48And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.Isaiah 33:17Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
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