Joshua Is Appointed Israel's Leader

(Deuteronomy 31.1-8)

^12 (A) The Lord said to Moses, “One day you will go up into the Abarim Mountains, and from there you will see the land I am giving the Israelites. ¹³ After you have seen it, you will die,^[a] just like your brother Aaron, ¹⁴ because both of you disobeyed me at Meribah near the town of Kadesh in the Zin Desert. When the Israelites insulted me there, you didn't believe in my holy power.”^[b]

Moses Will See the Land

^48 (A) Later that day the Lord said to Moses:

⁴⁹ Go up into the Abarim Mountain range here in Moab across the Jordan River valley from Jericho. And when you reach the top of Mount Nebo, you will be able to see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Israel. ⁵⁰ Then you will die and be buried on the mountaintop, just as your brother Aaron died and was buried on Mount Hor. ⁵¹ Both of you were unfaithful to me at Meribah Spring near Kadesh in the Zin Desert.^[a] I am God, but there in front of the Israelites, you did not treat me with the honor and respect I deserve. ⁵² So I will give the land to the people of Israel, but you will only get to see it from a distance.