John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And the Lord said unto him , etc.] The Word of the Lord, as the Jerusalem Targum, having shown him all the land of Canaan: this [is] the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed ; to Abraham, ( Genesis 15:18); to Isaac, ( Genesis 26:3); to Jacob, ( Genesis 28:13); I have caused thee to see [it] with thine eyes ; not only had indulged him with a general view of it, but had strengthened his eyesight, that he had a full, clear, and distinct sight of it: but thou shalt not go over thither ; which he had said more than once before and abides by it, and this because of the behaviour of Moses at the waters of Meribah, ( Numbers 20:12); (see Deuteronomy 3:25-27).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 no enter Canaan. But the Lord also promised that Moses should have a vie of it, and showed him all that good land. Such a sight believers no 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.
Original Hebrew ויאמר559 יהוה3068 אליו413 זאת2063 הארץ776 אשׁר834 נשׁבעתי7650 לאברהם85 ליצחק3327 וליעקב3290 לאמר559 לזרעך2233 אתננה5414 הראיתיך7200 בעיניך5869 ושׁמה8033 לא3808 תעבר׃5674
