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 he does not have any brothers, you must give his land to his father's brothers. 11Sometimes the man's father may have no brothers. If that happens, you must give his land to another person in his family. This is a rule for all the people. The Lord gave this command to Moses.” ’ The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go up to the top of the Abiram mountains. From there, look at the land that I am giving to the Israelites. 13After that, you will die, just as your brother Aaron also died. 14In the Zin desert, when the people turned against me, you did not obey my command. That happened when you hit the rock to get water at Meribah Kadesh. You did not show the people that I was holy, so now you will not go into the land of Canaan.’

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‘You must punish the Midianites because they caused the Israelites to worship idols. After you have done that, you will die.’
• Genesis 25:8He died after a good and long life, when he was very old. He joined his ancestors who had died before him.
• Numbers 20:24He said, ‘Aaron will soon die. He will not go in to the land that I am giving to the Israelites. That is because you both refused to obey me at Meribah.
• Numbers 33:38The Lord told Aaron that he must go up Hor mountain. Aaron went up and he died there. That was in the 40th year after the Israelites had left Egypt. He died on the first day of the fifth month.
• Deuteronomy 10:6(At that time, the Israelites travelled to Moserah from the wells that belonged to Jaakan's descendants. Aaron died there and they buried him. His son Eleazar became priest instead.
• Deuteronomy 32:50You will die on Mount Nebo, as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor.

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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• Israel
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• Children of Israel
• Charge
• Abarim
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• Exodus, the Book of
• Hittites

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