Moses Is Not Permitted to Enter Canaan

^23 (A)“At that time I earnestly prayed, ²⁴ ‘Sovereign Lord, I know that you have shown me only the beginning of the great and wonderful things you are going to do. There is no god in heaven or on earth who can do the mighty things that you have done! ²⁵ Let me cross the Jordan River, Lord, and see the fertile land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon Mountains.’

²⁶ “But because of you people the Lord was angry with me and would not listen. Instead, he said, ‘That's enough! Don't mention this again! ²⁷ Go to the peak of Mount Pisgah and look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west. Look carefully at what you see, because you will never go across the Jordan.

^48 (A)That same day the Lord said to Moses, ⁴⁹ “Go to the Abarim Mountains in the land of Moab opposite the city of Jericho; climb Mount Nebo and look at the land of Canaan that I am about to give the people of Israel. ⁵⁰ You will die on that mountain as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor, ⁵¹ because both of you were unfaithful to me in the presence of the people of Israel. When you were at the waters of Meribah, near the town of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, you dishonored me in the presence of the people. ⁵² You will look at the land from a distance, but you will not enter the land that I am giving the people of Israel.”