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The Death of Moses

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

⁵ So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab as the Lord had said. ⁶ He buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day. ⁷ Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed. ⁸ The Israelites mourned for Moses in the deserts of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses ended.

The Epitaph of Moses

⁹ Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had placed his hands on him; and the Israelites listened to him and did just what the Lord had commanded Moses. ¹⁰ No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face. ¹¹ He did all the signs and wonders the Lord had sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, all his servants, and the whole land, ¹² and he displayed great power and awesome might in view of all Israel.