25. Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.’
26. “But the lord was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That’s enough!’ he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.
27. But go up to Pisgah Peak, and look over the land in every direction. Take a good look, but you may not cross the Jordan River.
28. Instead, commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead the people across the Jordan. He will give them all the land you now see before you as their possession.’
29. So we stayed in the valley near Beth-peor.