Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 3:23-29
Moses’ Plea To Be Able To Enter The Land (Deuteronomy 3:23-29 ). But one of the things that grieved Moses most was the fact that through his own sin of impatience, carelessness, petulance and uncontrolled anger in smiting the rock at Meribah when he had been told only to speak the powerful word of Yahweh, and as a result cloaking Yahweh’s act of compassion and mercy in providing water in a garb of petulance and anger (Numbers 20:1-13), he was to be prevented from entering the land by death.... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 3:18-22
The Charge To The Two and a Half Tribes Settling In Transjordan (Deuteronomy 3:18-22 ). The great victories over Sihon and Og having been described, along with the giving of their land to the two and a half tribes of Israel, the charge is now given for the advancement on the land proper. It is given, first to the two and a half tribes in response to their reception of their land, and then to Joshua on behalf of all the people. When Moses had agreed that the land west of the Jordan which had... read more