25I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
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Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: …
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: …
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-29)Here is I. The encouragement which Moses gave to Joshua, who was to succeed him in the government, Deut. 3:21 , 22 . He commanded him not to fear. This those that are aged and experienced in the service of God should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those that are young, and setting out in religion. Two things he would have him consider for his encouragement:—1. What God has done. Joshua…
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