Deuteronomy 31:1-4

Joshua to Succeed Moses

1 So Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel. 2 And he said to them, "I am d 120 years old today. I am no longer able to e go out and come in. The Lord has said to me, f 'You shall not go over this Jordan.' 3 The Lord your God g himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, h as the Lord has spoken. 4 And the Lord will do to them i as he did to Sihon j and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 34:7
    Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.
    Exodus 7:7
    Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 27:17
    Who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:27
    Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan.
    Deuteronomy 1:37
    Even with me the Lord was angry on your account and said, 'You also shall not go in there.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:3
    Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:38
    Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
    Deuteronomy 3:28
    But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see.
    Numbers 27:18
    So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.
    Numbers 27:21
    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:31 - 35
    And the Lord said to me, 'Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.
    Numbers 21:21 - 25
    Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:1 - 7
    Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
    Numbers 21:33 - 35
    Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
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