Numbers 27:12

THE MESSAGE

God said to Moses, "Climb up into the Abarim Mountains and look over at the land that I am giving to the People of Israel. When you've had a good look you'll be joined to your ancestors in the grave—yes, you also along with Aaron your brother. This goes back to the day when the congregation quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin and you didn't honor me in holy reverence before them in the matter of the waters, the Waters of Meribah (Quarreling) at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Moshe, Go up into this mountain of `Avarimen, and see the land which I have given to the children of Yisra'el.

King James Version
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.

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites.

English Standard Version
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 Century Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Climb this mountain in the Abarim Mountains, and look at the land I have given to the Israelites.

New English Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites.

Amplified Bible
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.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, Go vp into this mount of Abarim, & behold ye lande which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to Moses, "One day you will go up into the Abarim Mountains, and from there you will see the land I am giving the Israelites.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe, "Climb this mountain in the ‘Avarim Range, and look out at the land which I have given the people of Isra'el.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land that I have given unto the children of Israel.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go up on one of mountains in the desert east of the Jordan River. There you will see the land that I am giving to the Israelites.

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of the Hebrews and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

Good News Translation
The Lord said to Moses, "Go up the Abarim Mountains and look out over the land that I am giving to the Israelites.

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Get up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Get the vp in to this mount Abarim, & beholde the lode, which I shal geue vnto the childre of Israel.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim so that you may see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Get thee vp into this mount Abarim, and beholde the lande whiche I haue geuen vnto the chyldren of Israel:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Get thee vp into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses, Go up to the mountain that is in the country beyond Jordan, this mount Nabau, and behold the land Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the Lord seide to Moises, Stie thou in to this hil of Aberym, and biholde thou fro thennus the lond, which Y schal yyue to the sones of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to Moses, Get up into this mountain of Abarim, and look at the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Ascend this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

New King James Version
Deuteronomy 31:1-8">[xr] 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.

New Living Translation
One day the Lord said to Moses, "Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel.

New Life Bible
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land I have given to the people of Israel.

New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land that I have given to the Israelites.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go up into this mount of Abarim, - and see, the and which I have given unto the son of Israel;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into this mountain Abarim, and view from thence the land which I will give to the children of Israel.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses, "Go up into this mountain of Ab'arim, and see the land which I have given to the people of Israel.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Contextual Overview

¹² God said to Moses, "Climb up into the Abarim Mountains and look over at the land that I am giving to the People of Israel. When you've had a good look you'll be joined to your ancestors in the grave—yes, you also along with Aaron your brother. This goes back to the day when the congregation quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin and you didn't honor me in holy reverence before them in the matter of the waters, the Waters of Meribah (Quarreling) at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mount: Numbers 33:47, Numbers 33:48, Deuteronomy 3:27, Deuteronomy 32:49, Deuteronomy 34:1-4

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 3:26 - the Lord Deuteronomy 32:48 - General Deuteronomy 32:52 - General Ecclesiastes 3:2 - and a time 2 Timothy 4:6 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 25:27
The boys grew up. Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman. Jacob was a quiet man preferring life indoors among the tents. Isaac loved Esau because he loved his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Genesis 27:21
Isaac said, "Come close, son; let me touch you—are you really my son Esau?"

Genesis 27:22
So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau." He didn't recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's. But as he was about to bless him he pressed him, "You're sure? You are my son Esau?" "Yes. I am." Isaac said, "Bring the food so I can eat of my son's game and give you my personal blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate. He also brought him wine and he drank. Then Isaac said, "Come close, son, and kiss me." He came close and kissed him and Isaac smelled the smell of his clothes. Finally, he blessed him, Ahhh. The smell of my son is like the smell of the open country blessed by God . May God give you of Heaven's dew and Earth's bounty of grain and wine. May peoples serve you and nations honor you. You will master your brothers, and your mother's sons will honor you. Those who curse you will be cursed, those who bless you will be blessed. And then right after Isaac had blessed Jacob and Jacob had left, Esau showed up from the hunt. He also had prepared a hearty meal. He came to his father and said, "Let my father get up and eat of his son's game, that he may give me his personal blessing." His father Isaac said, "And who are you?" "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau." Isaac started to tremble, shaking violently. He said, "Then who hunted game and brought it to me? I finished the meal just now, before you walked in. And I blessed him—he's blessed for good!" Esau, hearing his father's words, sobbed violently and most bitterly, and cried to his father, "My father! Can't you also bless me?" "Your brother," he said, "came here falsely and took your blessing." Esau said, "Not for nothing was he named Jacob, the Heel. Twice now he's tricked me: first he took my birthright and now he's taken my blessing." He begged, "Haven't you kept back any blessing for me?" Isaac answered Esau, "I've made him your master, and all his brothers his servants, and lavished grain and wine on him. I've given it all away. What's left for you, my son?" "But don't you have just one blessing for me, Father? Oh, bless me my father! Bless me!" Esau sobbed inconsolably. Isaac said to him, You'll live far from Earth's bounty, remote from Heaven's dew. You'll live by your sword, hand-to-mouth, and you'll serve your brother. But when you can't take it any more you'll break loose and run free. Esau seethed in anger against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him; he brooded, "The time for mourning my father's death is close. And then I'll kill my brother Jacob." When these words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she called her younger son Jacob and said, "Your brother Esau is plotting vengeance against you. He's going to kill you. Son, listen to me. Get out of here. Run for your life to Haran, to my brother Laban. Live with him for a while until your brother cools down, until his anger subsides and he forgets what you did to him. I'll then send for you and bring you back. Why should I lose both of you the same day?" Rebekah spoke to Isaac, "I'm sick to death of these Hittite women. If Jacob also marries a native Hittite woman, why live?"

Genesis 27:36
Esau said, "Not for nothing was he named Jacob, the Heel. Twice now he's tricked me: first he took my birthright and now he's taken my blessing." He begged, "Haven't you kept back any blessing for me?"

Malachi 1:14
"A curse on the person who makes a big show of doing something great for me—an expensive sacrifice, say—and then at the last minute brings in something puny and worthless! I'm a great king, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, honored far and wide, and I'll not put up with it!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses,.... After the covenant made with Israel in the plains of Moab, and the song delivered to them,

Deuteronomy 29:1

get thee up to this Mount Abarim; which was a range of mountains, so called from the passages by them over Jordan into the land of Canaan; one part of which was Nebo, and the top of that Pisgah, from whence Moses had the view of the good land here directed to; see

Numbers 33:47.

and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel; for though he was now one hundred and twenty years old, his eyes were not dim, he could see at a great distance; and the height of this hill gave him an advantage of taking a prospect of the land, a great way into it; and very probably his sight might be greatly strengthened and increased at this time by the Lord, for the purpose; this may be an emblem of that sight by faith, which believers have at times of the heavenly Canaan, and sometimes are favoured with an enlarged one of it before their death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mount Abarim - See Numbers 21:20 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 27:12. Get thee up into this Mount Abarim — The mountain which Moses was commanded to ascend was certainly Mount Nebo, see Deuteronomy 32:49, c., 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 signifies passages and the ridge in this place had its name in all likelihood from the passage of the Israelites, as it was opposite to these that they passed the Jordan into the promised land.