Deuteronomy 3:25-26 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:23-29

Prayer of Moses . Moses knew that he was not to enter the Promised Land with the people; but, reluctant to relinquish the enterprise which he had so far conducted until he should see it successfully finished, he besought the Lord that at least he might be permitted to cross the Jordan, and see the goodly land. This prayer was presented probably just before Moses asked God to set a man over the congregation to be their leader to the promised land ( Numbers 27:15-17 ); for the command to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:23-29

God's refusal of man's wishes. We have in this singularly pathetic passage of the private history of Moses— I. AN AFFECTING ENTREATY . "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land," etc. ( Deuteronomy 3:24 , Deuteronomy 3:25 ). In this speaks 1. The man . How hard to flesh and blood to be cut off just then! To see the goodly land ( Deuteronomy 3:27 ), but not to enter it. Yet not an uncommon experience. Few things are more painful than to be removed when just... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:25

That goodly mountain ; not any mountain specially, but the whole mountain elevation of Canaan, culminating in the distant Lebanon, as it appeared to the eye of Moses from the lower level of the 'Arabah. This was "goodly," especially in contrast with the arid and sunburnt desert through which the Israelites had passed; the hills gave promise of streams that should cool the air and refresh and fertilize the land (see Deuteronomy 8:7 , etc.). Moses longed to go over if but to see this land,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:26

The Lord was wroth , etc. (cf. Deuteronomy 1:37 ; Numbers 20:12 ; Numbers 27:13 , Numbers 27:14 ). Let it suffice thee ; literally, Enough for thee! i . e . either Thou hast said enough; say no more, or Be content; let what I have done, and the grace I have given, be enough for thee (comp. the use of this formula in Genesis 45:28 ; Numbers 16:3 ; Deuteronomy 1:6 ; Deuteronomy 2:3 ). Keil and others refer to 2 Corinthians 12:8 , as" substantially equivalent," but the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 3:25

That goodly mountain - i. e., that mountainous district. The fiat districts of the East are generally scorched, destitute of water, and therefore sterile: the hilly ones, on the contrary, are of more tempered climate, and fertilized by the streams from the high grounds. Compare Deuteronomy 11:11.The whole of this prayer of Moses is very characteristic. The longing to witness further manifestations of God’s goodness and glory, and the reluctance to leave unfinished an undertaking which he had... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 3:26

The Lord was wroth with me for your sakes - Here, as in Deuteronomy 1:37; Deuteronomy 4:21; the sin of the people is stated to be the ground on which Moses’ prayer is denied. In Deuteronomy 32:51; and in Numbers 27:14; the transgression of Moses and Aaron themselves is assigned as the cause of their punishment. The reason why one side of the transaction is put forward in this place, and the other elsewhere, is evident. Here Moses is addressing the people, and mentions the punishment of their... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 3:25

Deuteronomy 3:25. Let me go over For he supposed God’s threatening might be conditional and reversible, as many others were. That goodly mountain Which the Jews not improbably understood of that mountain on which the temple was to be built. This he seems to call that mountain, emphatically and eminently, that which was much in Moses’s thoughts, though not in his eye. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:1-29

From Kadesh to Jordan (2:1-3:29)God told the Israelites that if they went through the land of Edom, they were not to seize any territory. This was partly because Edom was Israel’s brother nation (being descended from Esau), and partly because the Edomites’ territory, formerly possessed by the Horites, had been given them by God (2:1-7). Similar restrictions applied to Israel’s relations with the nations of Moab and Ammon, both of which were also related to Israel (being descended from Lot).... read more

E.W. Bullinger