Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea.
Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, who did all those signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
At last, he sees the land he has for 40 years longed to enter. Israel sees Moses no more. But he appears once again in Scripture - on a mountain, talking to the Lord.
The action now passes to Joshua - but the book closes with a simple and moving tribute to the greatest of all Israel's leaders. Remember, remember Moses. There is none like him.
Why?
On mount, Nebo Moses saw the promised land, but God does not allow him to enter it, for he dishonor the Lord once.
There is no one like Moses who sees the Lord face to face.
Even Moses is dead in hundred and twenty years old, but his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. This is the grace of the Lord with Moses.
Everything and every man has the time of ending, only the Lord who endures forever.
How?
Give honor to the Lord for God is worthy to worship by everyone in the world.
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