Numbers 27:12

Numbers 27:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim Range and see the land I have given the Israelites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord said to Moses, "Go up into this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the Lord said to Moses: “Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

Context of Numbers 27:12

10If a man has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall take possession of it. It shall be a statute and ordinance to the Israelites, just as the Lord has commanded Moses.’ ” Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain (Nebo) [in the] Abarim [range] and look at the land I have given to the sons of Israel. 13When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people [in death], just as Aaron your brother was gathered; 14because in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat me as holy [by following My instruction] before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

Numbers 27:12 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה עֲלֵ֛ה אֶל־הַ֥ר הָעֲבָרִ֖ים הַזֶּ֑ה וּרְאֵה֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• Get thee upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into this mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Abarimעֲבָרִים‛ăbârîym · AbarimH5682
• and seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• which I have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• unto the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Numbers 27:12

• Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people [in death].”
• Genesis 25:8Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].
• Numbers 20:24“Aaron will be gathered to his people [in death]; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you [both] rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
• Numbers 33:38Aaron the priest went up on Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
• Deuteronomy 10:6(Now the sons of Israel traveled from the wells of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and there he was buried and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his place.
• Deuteronomy 32:50Then die on the mountain which you climb, and be gathered to your people [in death], just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,

Commentaries on Numbers 27:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Get thee up into this Mount Abarim - The mountain which Moses was commanded to ascend was certainly Mount Nebo, see Deuteronomy 32:49, etc., which was the same as Pisgah, see Deuteronomy 34:1. The mountains of Abarim, according to Dr. Shaw, are a long ridge of frightful, rocky, precipitous hills, which are continued all along the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, as far as the eye can reach. As in Hebrew עבר abar signifies to pass over, Abarim here probably…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Mount Abarim - See Numbers 21:20 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-14Verses 12-14 Moses must die, but he shall have the satisfaction of seeing the land of promise. This sight of Canaan signified his believing prospect of the better country, that is, the heavenly. Moses must die, but death does not cut him off; it only brings him to rest with the holy patriarchs. It is but to die as they died, having lived as they lived; and as their end was peace, why should we fear any evil in the passage of that dark valley? (Nu 27:15-23)Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12this mountan of the Abarim range: This was probably Mount Nebo (Deuteronomy 32:49). From this mountain, Moses looked over the promised land shortly before he died (Deuteronomy 34:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1712. The Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land--Although the Israelites were now on the confines of the promised land, Moses was not privileged to cross the Jordan, but died on one of the Moabitic range of mountains, to which the general name of Abarim was given (Nu 33:47). The privation of this great honor was owing to the unhappy conduct he had manifested in the striking of the rock at Meribah [Nu 20:12]; and while…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 27:12

• Moses
• Obedience

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• Children of Israel
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• Abarim
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Commentaries on Numbers 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings