Deuteronomy 3:27
in Deuteronomy 3Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
KJV
Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseGet thee up into the top of Pisgah,.... Which was the highest eminence of Mount Nebo, and so a very proper place to take a prospect from; see Deu 32:49. and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward; to all the four points of the heaven, and to all the four quarters and borders of the land of Canaan: and behold it with thine eyes; even the land of Canaan, and particularly Lebanon, though it lay to the north of it, that mountain he had such a desire to see.
This site's exposition
But the LORD was angry with me on account of you
on Deuteronomy 3:26-27
Moses gives the reason he cannot enter three times, at 1:37, here, and at 4:21, each time laying the LORD's anger to the people's account. Numbers 20:12 gives it in other words, "Because you did not trust Me", and both accounts stand.
This site's exposition
Go to the top of Pisgah
The four directions are listed with west first, the direction of the land across the river. John Gill notes that the view north would take in Lebanon, the place Moses had asked to see.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Even great believers, in this present state, see heaven but at a distance. [4.] He provided him a successor, one who should support the honour of Moses and carry on and complete that glorious work which the heart of Moses was so much upon, the bringing of Israel to Canaan, and settling them there (
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The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֲלֵ֣ה׀ | ʾaleh | go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| רֹ֣אשׁ | rosh | [the] top of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הַפִּסְגָּ֗ה | hapisgah | <the> Pisgah | H6449 → | 8 times |
| וְשָׂ֥א | vesa' | and lift up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| עֵינֶ֛יךָ | ʾeineikha | eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יָ֧מָּה | yamah | west -ward | H3220 → | 396 times |
| וְצָפֹ֛נָה | vetzafonah | and north -ward | H6828 → | |
| וְתֵימָ֥נָה | veteimanah | and south -ward | H8486 → | |
| וּמִזְרָ֖חָה | umizrachah | and east -ward | H4217 → | 74 times |
| וּרְאֵ֣ה | ureeh | and see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְעֵינֶ֑יךָ | veeineikha | with own eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲבֹ֖ר | taavor | you will pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
עֲלֵ֣ה׀go up
ʾalehH5927 →890 times
רֹ֣אשׁ[the] top of
roshH7218 →599 times
הַפִּסְגָּ֗ה<the> Pisgah
hapisgahH6449 →8 times
וְשָׂ֥אand lift up
vesa'H5375 →656 times
עֵינֶ֛יךָeyes your
ʾeineikhaH5869 →887 times
יָ֧מָּהwest -ward
yamahH3220 →396 times
וְצָפֹ֛נָהand north -ward
vetzafonahH6828 →
וְתֵימָ֥נָהand south -ward
veteimanahH8486 →
וּמִזְרָ֖חָהand east -ward
umizrachahH4217 →74 times
וּרְאֵ֣הand see
ureehH7200 →1300 times
בְעֵינֶ֑יךָwith own eyes your
veeineikhaH5869 →887 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲבֹ֖רyou will pass over
taavorH5674 →556 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ןthe Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 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
Numbers 27:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:47–48
They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
- Deuteronomy 34:1–4
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
- Deuteronomy 3:23–27
At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:
- Deuteronomy 32:48–52
On that same day the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 33:47–48
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.