Deuteronomy 3:26
in Deuteronomy 3But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
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ASV
But Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
KJV
But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
7 notes on this verseLet it suffice thee - רב לך rab lach, there is an abundance to thee - thou hast had honor enough already, and may well dispense with going over Jordan. He surely has no reason to complain who is taken from earthly felicity to heavenly glory. In this act God showed to Moses both his goodness and severity.
This site's exposition
the Lord was wroth with me
on Deuteronomy 3:26-27
Moses gives the reason he cannot enter three times in this book, at 1:37, here, and at 4:21, and all three times he says the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes. Numbers 20:12 gives the reason in other words, because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, and both accounts stand in the canon together. Let it suffice thee, speak no more unto me of this matter ends the asking, and the sight he wanted is granted on other terms, from the top of Pisgah in every direction, which is where Deuteronomy 34:1-4 finds him at the last.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
But how was he wroth with Moses for the sake of Israel? Either, [1.] For that sin which they provoked him to; see Ps. cvi. Or, [2.] The removal of Moses at that time, when he could so ill be spared, was a rebuke to all Israel, and a punishment of their sin.
3 So the L ORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes,....
It intimates that what God does not think fit to grant we should not think fit to ask, and that God takes such a pleasure in the prayer of the upright that it is no pleasure to him, no, not in any particular instance, to give a denial to it. [3.] He promised him a sight of Canaan from the top of Pisgah,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The Lord was wroth with me for your sakes - Here, as in Deu 1:37; Deu 4:21; the sin of the people is stated to be the ground on which Moses’ prayer is denied. In Deu 32:51; and in Num 27:14; the transgression of Moses and Aaron themselves is assigned as the cause of their punishment. The reason why one side of the transaction is put forward in this place, and the other elsewhere, is evident. Here Moses is addressing the people, and mentions the punishment of their leaders as a most impressive warning to them, whose principal fault it was. In Deut. 32 and Num. 27, God is addressing Moses, and visits on him, as is fitting, not the sin of the people hut his own.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתְעַבֵּ֨ר | vaiyitaber | and he was furious | H5674 → | 556 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּי֙ | bi | with me | ||
| לְמַ֣עַנְכֶ֔ם | lemaankhem | on account of you | H4616 → | 272 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁמַ֖ע | shama' | he listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֵלָ֑י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֵלַי֙ | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | enough | H7227 → | 454 times |
| לָ֔ךְ | lakh | for you | ||
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תּ֗וֹסֶף | tosef | you repeat | H3254 → | 212 times |
| דַּבֵּ֥ר | daber | to speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלַ֛י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| בַּדָּבָ֥ר | badavar | in the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיִּתְעַבֵּ֨רand he was furious
vaiyitaberH5674 →556 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּי֙with me
bi
לְמַ֣עַנְכֶ֔םon account of you
lemaankhemH4616 →272 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
שָׁמַ֖עhe listened
shama'H8085 →1159 times
אֵלָ֑יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֵלַי֙to me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
רַב־enough
rav-H7227 →454 times
לָ֔ךְfor you
lakh
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תּ֗וֹסֶףyou repeat
tosefH3254 →212 times
דַּבֵּ֥רto speak
daberH1696 →1141 times
אֵלַ֛יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
בַּדָּבָ֥רin the matter
badavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 1:37The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
it leads to
- Numbers 20:12
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:21
The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you…
- Numbers 20:12
Through
2 Corinthians 12:8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
it leads to
- Hebrews 5:7
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
- Matthew 26:39–44
Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- 1 Samuel 15:11
“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all…
- 2 Samuel 12:16–18
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
- Hebrews 5:7
Through
Deuteronomy 31:2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Numbers 27:17
who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
- Deuteronomy 34:7
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.