Deuteronomy 4:22
in Deuteronomy 4For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
KJV
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you
on Deuteronomy 4:21-22
For the third time Moses says the LORD was angry with him on the people's account, after 1:37 and 3:26. Numbers 20:12 gives the reason from the other side, "Because you did not trust Me," and neither book reconciles the two.
This site's exposition
I must die in this land
Moses sets his own exclusion beside Israel's entry in one verse, and the contrast between I and you prepares the warning of verse 23. John Gill reads the second half of the verse as Moses' confidence in God's promise.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But I must die in this land,.... The land of Moab, in a mountain in it he died, and in a valley there he was buried, Deu 32:50, I must not go over Jordan; this he repeats, as lying near his heart; he had earnestly solicited to go over, but was denied it: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land; this he firmly believed and assures them of, relying on the promise and faithfulness of God.
He mentions this to try their ingenuousness, whether they would really be troubled for the great prejudice which they had occasioned to their faithful friend and leader.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָנֹכִ֥י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| מֵת֙ | met | [am] about to die | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בָּאָ֣רֶץ | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּ֔את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אֵינֶ֥נִּי | ʾeineni | not I | H369 → | 789 times |
| עֹבֵ֖ר | ʾover | [am] about to pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| וְאַתֶּם֙ | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| עֹֽבְרִ֔ים | ʾoerim | [are] about to pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֕ם | virishtem | and you will take possession of | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֥רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַטּוֹבָ֖ה | hatovah | <the> good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| הַזֹּֽאת׃ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אָנֹכִ֥יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
מֵת֙[am] about to die
metH4191 →839 times
בָּאָ֣רֶץin the land
baaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּ֔את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
אֵינֶ֥נִּיnot I
ʾeineniH369 →789 times
עֹבֵ֖ר[am] about to pass over
ʾoverH5674 →556 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןthe Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
וְאַתֶּם֙and you
veatemH859 →1094 times
עֹֽבְרִ֔ים[are] about to pass over
ʾoerimH5674 →556 times
וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֕םand you will take possession of
virishtemH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֥רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַטּוֹבָ֖ה<the> good
hatovahH2896 →538 times
הַזֹּֽאת׃<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 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 3:27Go 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.
it leads to
- Numbers 27:12
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
- 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,
- Genesis 13:14–15
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
- Numbers 27:12
Through
Deuteronomy 3:25Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:21–22
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…
- Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
- Deuteronomy 11:11–12
But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
- Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of…
- Numbers 32:5
“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
- Deuteronomy 4:21–22
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.