1Derefter steg Moses op fra Moabs sletter til Pisgatinden på Nebos bjerg over for Jeriko, hvorfra Herren viste ham landet: Gileads land helt op til Dan i nord;2Naftalis land; Efraims og Manasses land; Judas land helt over til Middelhavet mod vest,3Negev mod syd, og Jordandalen mellem palmebyen Jeriko og Zoar.4„Det er landet, som jeg lovede Abraham, Isak og Jakob at give deres efterkommere,” sagde Herren til Moses. „Nu har du set det med egne øjne, men du får ikke lov til at komme ind i det.”5Så døde Moses, Herrens tjener, i Moabs land, sådan som Herren havde bestemt det,6og han blev begravet i Moab, i dalen over for byen Bet-Peor. Den dag i dag er der ingen, der kender det nøjagtige sted.7Moses var 120 år gammel, da han døde, men han havde bevaret sin livskraft og sit gode syn.8Der på Moabs sletter sørgede folket i 30 dage over hans død.9Josva, Nuns søn, var fyldt med visdoms ånd, for Moses havde lagt sine hænder på ham og velsignet ham, og israelitterne fulgte ham og adlød de befalinger, Herren havde givet Moses.10Aldrig før eller siden har der været en profet som Moses, med hvem Herren talte ansigt til ansigt.11-12Ingen mirakler kan sammenlignes med dem, han udførte for øjnene af Israel og egypterkongen og alle hans tjenere.
1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, (4.Mos 27,12)2all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, (5.Mos 11,24)3the Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. (1.Mos 13,12; 1.Mos 14,2; 1.Mos 19,17; 1.Mos 19,22; 1.Mos 19,25; 1.Mos 19,28; 5.Mos 1,7; Dom 1,16; Dom 3,13; 2.Sam 18,23; 2.Krøn 28,15)4And the Lord said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.” (1.Mos 12,7; 1.Mos 50,24; 5.Mos 1,37; 5.Mos 3,27; 5.Mos 32,52)5So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord,6and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day. (Judas 1,9)7Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. (1.Mos 27,1; 1.Mos 48,10; 5.Mos 31,2; Josva 14,10; 1.Sam 3,2; 1.Sam 4,15)8And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. (1.Mos 50,3; 4.Mos 20,29)9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses. (2.Mos 28,3; 4.Mos 27,18; 4.Mos 27,23; Josva 1,17; Es 11,2)10And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, (2.Mos 33,11; 5.Mos 5,4; 5.Mos 18,15; 5.Mos 18,18)11none like him for all the signs and the wonders that the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, (5.Mos 4,34)12and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.