![]() ![]() God instructed the two to command water to come forth from a rock in the presence of the people assembled. The people complained to Moses and Aaron about the lack of water for them and their livestock to drink. ![]() In what is frequently described as the incident at the waters of Meribah in the wilderness of Zin, one of their wilderness stopovers, Moses and his brother Aaron rebel against God. God reiterates that this is the land that God promised their ancestors: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The scope of the details is described according to territorial boundaries by tribe, which have yet to be allotted. Standing east of the Jordan, the text says that God showed Moses “the whole land” (Deuteronomy 34:1)-the north, southwest, and west. Instead, the narrator reports that before dying, Moses is only allowed to view the land from the top of Mount Nebo (also Pisgah) overlooking Canaan. Yet, Moses would not accompany the people as they prepared to enter the land. Although God promised to go before the Israelites on their sojourn to Canaan, if it were not for Moses’ leadership and intercession on more than one occasion, the people would have been destroyed by God (Exodus 32:10), perished from hunger or thirst (Exodus 16:1-3 17:1-7 Numbers 20:2-5), or been killed by their enemies (Exodus 17:8 Numbers 20:14-21 21:21-35). Moses’ death comes after a forty-year journey in the wilderness when they had come to the plains of Moab. ![]() God appointed Joshua son of Nun as Moses’ successor to guide the next generation into the promised land. In the final chapter of the book of Deuteronomy, God’s servant Moses has died, but God did not leave the people leaderless. Deuteronomy 34 recounts a major transitional period in biblical Israel’s history. ![]()
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