341 And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which 'is' on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land—Gilead unto Dan, 2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah unto the further sea, 3 and the south, and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, unto Zoar. 4 And Jehovah saith unto him, 'This 'is' the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it; I have caused thee to see with thine eyes, and thither thou dost not pass over.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:1-4
Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:1-4
(Read Deuteronomy 34:1-4)
Moses seemed unwilling to leave his work; but that being finished, he manifested no unwillingness to die. God had declared that he should not enter Canaan. But the Lord also promised that Moses should have a view of it, and showed him all that good land. Such a sight believers now have, through grace, of the bliss and glory of their future state. Sometimes God reserves the brightest discoveries of his grace to his people to support their dying moments. Those may leave this world with cheerfulness, who die in the faith of Christ, and in the hope of heaven.