But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
Moses must die in this land east of the Jordan without crossing over, while Israel shall cross the Jordan and possess that good land. His exclusion was the Lord's judgment upon his sin, because the Lord was angry with him for Israel's sakes. After he in anger struck the rock at Meribah instead of speaking to it as commanded, he dishonored God before Israel, and God declared that he and Aaron would not bring the people into the land.
In its immediate setting the verse follows the Lord taking Israel out of the iron furnace of Egypt to be His people of inheritance. It belongs to Moses' reminder as Israel was about to enter the land that they must know that the Lord He is God in heaven and earth, keep His statutes and commandments, take heed not to forget His covenant, and make no forbidden graven image of anything, for the Lord is a consuming fire and a jealous God, with going well and prolonging days in the land given forever conditioned on obedience. The setting is one of divine guidance and protection through Christ in the pillar of cloud, who showed Israel where to rest and when to move. His voice from the cloud spoke the sacred directions telling the people the acts they should do and the actions they should not do.
God's word spoken in the chapter was verified when the people disobeyed: all but two of the adults who left Egypt died in the wilderness without entering Canaan, while Moses died without going over Jordan and Israel went over to possess the land. God vindicates His word in the same way today if the leaders of His people depart from His commandments. Moses' punishment taught Israel that God's commandments must not be departed from in spirit or word.
The specifications in the chapter never lose their force because they are expressions of the mind of the infinite God. Every word is to be cherished and preached and to be acted out in principle in all religious service toward God and toward one another, for they are the principles of the law of God and the same principles expressed in James 3. They require correct principles in everything, being Christian gentlemen, loving as brethren, doing no injustice, and always showing liberality, tenderness, compassion and true courtesy, while all who depart from them in action misrepresent the character of God, who will not be trifled with. The chapter is to be read as direction for the practical work God specifies to be done, calling for belief put into works in medical missionary service, for walking in the light shining in strong steady rays across the pathway, and for undertaking the service that feeble and unwilling churches have neglected, with the assurance that the Lord will give His Spirit and favor to those who will work.
Moses must die in this land east of the Jordan without crossing over, while Israel shall cross the Jordan and possess that good land. His exclusion was the Lord's judgment upon his sin, because the Lord was angry with him for Israel's sakes. After he in anger struck the rock at Meribah instead of speaking to it as commanded, he dishonored God before Israel, and God declared that he and Aaron would not bring the people into the land.
In its immediate setting the verse follows the Lord taking Israel out of the iron furnace of Egypt to be His people of inheritance. It belongs to Moses' reminder as Israel was about to enter the land that they must know that the Lord He is God in heaven and earth, keep His statutes and commandments, take heed not to forget His covenant, and make no forbidden graven image of anything, for the Lord is a consuming fire and a jealous God, with going well and prolonging days in the land given forever conditioned on obedience. The setting is one of divine guidance and protection through Christ in the pillar of cloud, who showed Israel where to rest and when to move. His voice from the cloud spoke the sacred directions telling the people the acts they should do and the actions they should not do.
God's word spoken in the chapter was verified when the people disobeyed: all but two of the adults who left Egypt died in the wilderness without entering Canaan, while Moses died without going over Jordan and Israel went over to possess the land. God vindicates His word in the same way today if the leaders of His people depart from His commandments. Moses' punishment taught Israel that God's commandments must not be departed from in spirit or word.
The specifications in the chapter never lose their force because they are expressions of the mind of the infinite God. Every word is to be cherished and preached and to be acted out in principle in all religious service toward God and toward one another, for they are the principles of the law of God and the same principles expressed in James 3. They require correct principles in everything, being Christian gentlemen, loving as brethren, doing no injustice, and always showing liberality, tenderness, compassion and true courtesy, while all who depart from them in action misrepresent the character of God, who will not be trifled with. The chapter is to be read as direction for the practical work God specifies to be done, calling for belief put into works in medical missionary service, for walking in the light shining in strong steady rays across the pathway, and for undertaking the service that feeble and unwilling churches have neglected, with the assurance that the Lord will give His Spirit and favor to those who will work.