Deuteronomy 3:25 “Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that…”

Deuteronomy 3:25

Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

World English Bible

Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Lebanon.”

American Standard Version

Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

Geneva Bible 1599

I pray thee let me go ouer and see the good land that is beyond Iorden, that goodly mountaine, and Lebanon.

Darby Translation

Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

Young's Literal Translation

Let me pass over, I pray Thee, and see the good land which [is] beyond the Jordan, this good hill-country, and Lebanon.

Bible in Basic English

Let me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.

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Cross references

“the good land”

Exodus 3:8 Ezekiel 20:6 Numbers 32:5 Deuteronomy 4:21 Deuteronomy 4:22 Deuteronomy 11:11

Exodus 3:8 · BSB

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzi…

Ezekiel 20:6 · BSB

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

Numbers 32:5 · BSB

“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

Deuteronomy 4:21 · BSB

The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 4:22 · BSB

For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.

Deuteronomy 11:11 · BSB

But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

26But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

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