12 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 . 13 "When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people , as Aaron your brother was; 14 for in the wilderness of Zin , during the strife of the congregation , you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water ." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin .)
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 27:12-14
Commentary on Numbers 27:12-14
(Read Numbers 27:12-14)
Moses must die, but he shall have the satisfaction of seeing the land of promise. This sight of Canaan signified his believing prospect of the better country, that is, the heavenly. Moses must die, but death does not cut him off; it only brings him to rest with the holy patriarchs. It is but to die as they died, having lived as they lived; and as their end was peace, why should we fear any evil in the passage of that dark valley?