God Refused To Let Moses Enter Canaan

Moses said to Israel:

^23 (A) At that time I prayed and begged, ²⁴ “Our Lord, it seems that you have just begun to show me your great power. No other god in the sky or on earth is able to do the mighty things that you do. ²⁵ The land west of the Jordan is such good land. Please let me cross the Jordan and see the hills and the Lebanon Mountains.”

²⁶ But the Lord was angry with me because of you people,^[a] and he refused to listen. “That's enough!” he said. “I don't want to hear any more. ²⁷ Climb to the top of Mount Pisgah and look north, south, east, and west. Take a good look, but you are not going to cross the Jordan River.

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.