Deuteronomy 34:4

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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.”

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  • Gen 12:7 : 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.
  • Deut 32:52 : 52 You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.”
  • Gen 26:3 : 3 Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
  • Ps 105:9-9 : 9 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, 11 saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
  • Num 20:12 : 12 The Lord’s Judgment Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,“Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them.”
  • Deut 3:26-27 : 26 But the LORD was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me,“Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.
  • Gen 13:15 : 15 I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.
  • Gen 15:18-21 : 18 That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River– 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

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  • Deut 32:52
    81%

    52You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.”

  • Exod 33:1
    81%

    1The LORD said to Moses,“Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying,‘I will give it to your descendants.’

  • Deut 4:21-22
    2 verses
    79%

    21But the LORD became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.

    22So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.

  • Deut 32:48-49
    2 verses
    79%

    48Instructions about Moses’ Death Then the LORD said to Moses that same day,

    49“Go up to this Abarim hill country, to Mount Nebo(which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.

  • Deut 3:25-28
    4 verses
    79%

    25Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River– this good hill country and the Lebanon!”

    26But the LORD was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me,“Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.

    27Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan.

    28Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”

  • Deut 1:8
    78%

    8Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”

  • Num 27:12
    77%

    12Leadership Change Then the LORD said to Moses,“Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites.

  • Deut 34:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The Death of Moses Then Moses ascended from the rift valley plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. The LORD showed him the whole land– Gilead to Dan,

    2and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the distant sea,

  • Gen 35:12
    75%

    12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”

  • Josh 14:9
    75%

    9That day Moses made this solemn promise:‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the LORD your God.’

  • Gen 26:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

    3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

  • Gen 48:4
    74%

    4He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’

  • Deut 1:35
    74%

    35“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!

  • Num 34:16
    74%

    16Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:

  • Gen 28:13
    74%

    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Exod 6:8
    74%

    8I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob– and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’”

  • Num 32:11
    74%

    11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

  • Num 34:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The Southern Border of the Land Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them:‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders,

  • Exod 32:13
    73%

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”

  • Gen 28:4
    73%

    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

  • Deut 31:7
    73%

    7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.

  • Deut 31:2
    73%

    2He said to them,“Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the LORD has said to me,‘You will not cross the Jordan.’

  • Josh 1:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses.

    4Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east(including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

  • Deut 1:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37As for me, the LORD was also angry with me on your account. He said,“You also will not be able to go there.

    38However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

  • Num 14:23
    72%

    23they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.

  • Ps 105:11
    72%

    11saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

  • Num 14:30
    72%

    30You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

  • Gen 13:15
    72%

    15I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.

  • Deut 10:11
    72%

    11Then he said to me,“Get up, set out leading the people so they may go and possess the land I promised to give to their ancestors.”

  • Gen 15:15
    72%

    15But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

  • Exod 33:3
    72%

    3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

  • Num 34:13
    72%

    13Then Moses commanded the Israelites:“This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes,

  • 1 Chr 16:18
    71%

    18saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

  • Deut 31:23
    71%

    23and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”

  • Num 33:50
    71%

    50At the Border of Canaan The LORD spoke to Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

  • Gen 48:21
    71%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Deut 31:14
    71%

    14The Commissioning of Joshua Then the LORD said to Moses,“The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

  • Deut 11:9
    71%

    9and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.