Numbers 27:12

Verse 12 of 23. The 27th of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.

8And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

9And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

10And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.

11And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.

12And 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.

13And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

15And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying,

16Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

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Numbers 27:12 in the World English Bible

The LORD said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
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Matthew Henry on Numbers 27:12

His death was the punishment of his sin, and yet notice is given him of it in such a manner as might best serve to sweeten and mollify the sentence, and reconcile him to it. (1.) Moses must die, but he shall first have the satisfaction of seeing the land of promise, v. 12.

Read Matthew Henry on Numbers 27:12–14: Moses Warned of His Death. (b. c. 1452.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.