¹ Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

² My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

³ Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

⁴ He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

⁵ They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

⁶ Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

⁷ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

⁸ When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

⁹ For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

¹⁰ He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

¹¹ As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

¹² So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

¹³ He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

¹⁴ Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

¹⁵ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

¹⁶ They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

¹⁷ They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

¹⁸ Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

¹⁹ And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

²⁰ And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

²¹ They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

²² For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

²³ I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

²⁴ They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

²⁵ The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

²⁶ I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

²⁷ Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

²⁸ For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

²⁹ O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

³⁰ How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

³¹ For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

³² For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

³³ Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

³⁴ Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

³⁵ To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

³⁶ For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

³⁷ And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

³⁸ Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

³⁹ See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

⁴⁰ For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

⁴¹ If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

⁴² I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

⁴³ Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

⁴⁴ And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

⁴⁵ And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:

⁴⁶ And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

⁴⁷ For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

⁴⁸ And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

⁴⁹ Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

⁵⁰ And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

⁵¹ Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

⁵² Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

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¹ Give ear, ^H238 O ye heavens, ^H8064 and I will speak; ^H1696 and hear, ^H8085 O earth, ^H776 the words ^H561 of my mouth. ^H6310

² My doctrine ^H3948 shall drop ^H6201 as the rain, ^H4306 my speech ^H565 shall distil ^H5140 as the dew, ^H2919 as the small rain ^H8164 upon the tender herb, ^H1877 and as the showers ^H7241 upon the grass: ^H6212

³ Because I will publish ^H7121 the name ^H8034 of the LORD: ^H3068 ascribe ^H3051 ye greatness ^H1433 unto our God. ^H430

⁴ He is the Rock, ^H6697 his work ^H6467 is perfect: ^H8549 for all his ways ^H1870 are judgment: ^H4941 a God ^H410 of truth ^H530 and without iniquity, ^H5766 just ^H6662 and right ^H3477 is he.

⁵ They have corrupted ^H7843 themselves, their spot ^H3971 is not the spot of his children: ^H1121 they are a perverse ^H6141 and crooked ^H6618 generation. ^H1755

⁶ Do ye thus requite ^H1580 the LORD, ^H3068 O foolish ^H5036 people ^H5971 and unwise? ^H2450 is not he thy father ^H1 that hath bought ^H7069 thee? hath he not made ^H6213 thee, and established ^H3559 thee?

⁷ Remember ^H2142 the days ^H3117 of old, ^H5769 consider ^H995 the years ^H8141 of many ^H1755 generations: ^H1755 ask ^H7592 thy father, ^H1 and he will shew ^H5046 thee; thy elders, ^H2205 and they will tell ^H559 thee.

⁸ When the most High ^H5945 divided ^H5157 to the nations ^H1471 their inheritance, ^H5157 when he separated ^H6504 the sons ^H1121 of Adam, ^H120 he set ^H5324 the bounds ^H1367 of the people ^H5971 according to the number ^H4557 of the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478

⁹ For the LORD'S ^H3068 portion ^H2506 is his people; ^H5971 Jacob ^H3290 is the lot ^H2256 of his inheritance. ^H5159

¹⁰ He found ^H4672 him in a desert ^H4057 land, ^H776 and in the waste ^H8414 howling ^H3214 wilderness; ^H3452 he led him about, ^H5437 he instructed ^H995 him, he kept ^H5341 him as the apple ^H380 of his eye. ^H5869

¹¹ As an eagle ^H5404 stirreth up ^H5782 her nest, ^H7064 fluttereth ^H7363 over her young, ^H1469 spreadeth abroad ^H6566 her wings, ^H3671 taketh ^H3947 them, beareth ^H5375 them on her wings: ^H84

¹² So the LORD ^H3068 alone ^H910 did lead ^H5148 him, and there was no strange ^H5236 god ^H410 with him.

¹³ He made him ride ^H7392 on the high places ^H1116 of the earth, ^H776 that he might eat ^H398 the increase ^H8570 of the fields; ^H7704 and he made him to suck ^H3243 honey ^H1706 out of the rock, ^H5553 and oil ^H8081 out of the flinty ^H2496 rock; ^H6697

¹⁴ Butter ^H2529 of kine, ^H1241 and milk ^H2461 of sheep, ^H6629 with fat ^H2459 of lambs, ^H3733 and rams ^H352 of the breed ^H1121 of Bashan, ^H1316 and goats, ^H6260 with the fat ^H2459 of kidneys ^H3629 of wheat; ^H2406 and thou didst drink ^H8354 the pure ^H2561 blood ^H1818 of the grape. ^H6025

¹⁵ But Jeshurun ^H3484 waxed fat, ^H8080 and kicked: ^H1163 thou art waxen fat, ^H8080 thou art grown thick, ^H5666 thou art covered ^H3780 with fatness; then he forsook ^H5203 God ^H433 which made ^H6213 him, and lightly esteemed ^H5034 the Rock ^H6697 of his salvation. ^H3444

¹⁶ They provoked him to jealousy ^H7065 with strange ^H2114 gods, with abominations ^H8441 provoked they him to anger. ^H3707

¹⁷ They sacrificed ^H2076 unto devils, ^H7700 not to God; ^H433 to gods ^H430 whom they knew ^H3045 not, to new ^H2319 gods that came ^H935 newly ^H7138 up, ^H935 whom your fathers ^H1 feared ^H8175 not.

¹⁸ Of the Rock ^H6697 that begat ^H3205 thee thou art unmindful, ^H7876 and hast forgotten ^H7911 God ^H410 that formed ^H2342 thee.

¹⁹ And when the LORD ^H3068 saw ^H7200 it, he abhorred ^H5006 them, because of the provoking ^H3708 of his sons, ^H1121 and of his daughters. ^H1323

²⁰ And he said, ^H559 I will hide ^H5641 my face ^H6440 from them, I will see ^H7200 what their end ^H319 shall be: for they are a very froward ^H8419 generation, ^H1755 children ^H1121 in whom is no faith. ^H529

²¹ They have moved me to jealousy ^H7065 with that which is not ^H3808 God; ^H410 they have provoked me to anger ^H3707 with their vanities: ^H1892 and I will move them to jealousy ^H7065 with those which are not a people; ^H5971 I will provoke them to anger ^H3707 with a foolish ^H5036 nation. ^H1471

²² For a fire ^H784 is kindled ^H6919 in mine anger, ^H639 and shall burn ^H3344 unto the lowest ^H8482 hell, ^H7585 and shall consume ^H398 the earth ^H776 with her increase, ^H2981 and set on fire ^H3857 the foundations ^H4144 of the mountains. ^H2022

²³ I will heap ^H5595 mischiefs ^H7451 upon them; I will spend ^H3615 mine arrows ^H2671 upon them.

²⁴ They shall be burnt ^H4198 with hunger, ^H7458 and devoured ^H3898 with burning heat, ^H7565 and with bitter ^H4815 destruction: ^H6986 I will also send ^H7971 the teeth ^H8127 of beasts ^H929 upon them, with the poison ^H2534 of serpents ^H2119 of the dust. ^H6083

²⁵ The sword ^H2719 without, ^H2351 and terror ^H367 within, ^H2315 shall destroy ^H7921 both the young man ^H970 and the virgin, ^H1330 the suckling ^H3243 also with the man ^H376 of gray hairs. ^H7872

²⁶ I said, ^H559 I would scatter them into corners, ^H6284 I would make the remembrance ^H2143 of them to cease ^H7673 from among men: ^H582

²⁷ Were it not ^H3884 that I feared ^H1481 the wrath ^H3708 of the enemy, ^H341 lest their adversaries ^H6862 should behave themselves strangely, ^H5234 and lest they should say, ^H559 Our hand ^H3027 is high, ^H7311 and the LORD ^H3068 hath not done ^H6466 all this.

²⁸ For they are a nation ^H1471 void ^H6 of counsel, ^H6098 neither is there any understanding ^H8394 in them.

²⁹ O that ^H3863 they were wise, ^H2449 that they understood ^H7919 this, that they would consider ^H995 their latter end! ^H319

³⁰ How should one ^H259 chase ^H7291 a thousand, ^H505 and two ^H8147 put ten ^H7233 thousand ^H505 to flight, ^H5127 except ^H3808 their Rock ^H6697 had sold ^H4376 them, ^H3588 and the LORD ^H3068 had shut them up? ^H5462

³¹ For their rock ^H6697 is not as our Rock, ^H6697 even our enemies ^H341 themselves being judges. ^H6414

³² For their vine ^H1612 is of the vine ^H1612 of Sodom, ^H5467 and of the fields ^H7709 of Gomorrah: ^H6017 their grapes ^H6025 are grapes ^H6025 of gall, ^H7219 their clusters ^H811 are bitter: ^H4846

³³ Their wine ^H3196 is the poison ^H2534 of dragons, ^H8577 and the cruel ^H393 venom ^H7219 of asps. ^H6620

³⁴ Is not this laid up in store ^H3647 with me, and sealed up ^H2856 among my treasures? ^H214

³⁵ To me belongeth vengeance, ^H5359 and recompence; ^H8005 their foot ^H7272 shall slide ^H4131 in due time: ^H6256 for the day ^H3117 of their calamity ^H343 is at hand, ^H7138 and the things that shall come ^H6264 upon them make haste. ^H2363

³⁶ For the LORD ^H3068 shall judge ^H1777 his people, ^H5971 and repent ^H5162 himself for his servants, ^H5650 when he seeth ^H7200 that their power ^H3027 is gone, ^H235 and there is none ^H657 shut up, ^H6113 or left. ^H5800

³⁷ And he shall say, ^H559 Where are their gods, ^H430 their rock ^H6697 in whom they trusted, ^H2620

³⁸ Which did eat ^H398 the fat ^H2459 of their sacrifices, ^H2077 and drank ^H8354 the wine ^H3196 of their drink offerings? ^H5257 let them rise up ^H6965 and help ^H5826 you, and be your protection. ^H5643

³⁹ See ^H7200 now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god ^H430 with me: I kill, ^H4191 and I make alive; ^H2421 I wound, ^H4272 and I heal: ^H7495 neither is there any that can deliver ^H5337 out of my hand. ^H3027

⁴⁰ For I lift up ^H5375 my hand ^H3027 to heaven, ^H8064 and say, ^H559 I live ^H2416 for ever. ^H5769

⁴¹ If I whet ^H8150 my glittering ^H1300 sword, ^H2719 and mine hand ^H3027 take hold ^H270 on judgment; ^H4941 I will render ^H7725 vengeance ^H5359 to mine enemies, ^H6862 and will reward ^H7999 them that hate ^H8130 me.

⁴² I will make mine arrows ^H2671 drunk ^H7937 with blood, ^H1818 and my sword ^H2719 shall devour ^H398 flesh; ^H1320 and that with the blood ^H1818 of the slain ^H2491 and of the captives, ^H7633 from the beginning ^H7218 of revenges ^H6546 upon the enemy. ^H341

⁴³ Rejoice, ^H7442 O ye nations, ^H1471 with his people: ^H5971 for he will avenge ^H5358 the blood ^H1818 of his servants, ^H5650 and will render ^H7725 vengeance ^H5359 to his adversaries, ^H6862 and will be merciful ^H3722 unto his land, ^H127 and to his people. ^H5971

⁴⁴ And Moses ^H4872 came ^H935 and spake ^H1696 all the words ^H1697 of this song ^H7892 in the ears ^H241 of the people, ^H5971 he, and Hoshea ^H1954 the son ^H1121 of Nun. ^H5126

⁴⁵ And Moses ^H4872 made an end ^H3615 of speaking ^H1696 all these words ^H1697 to all Israel: ^H3478

⁴⁶ And he said ^H559 unto them, Set ^H7760 your hearts ^H3824 unto all the words ^H1697 which I testify ^H5749 among you this day, ^H3117 which ye shall command ^H6680 your children ^H1121 to observe ^H8104 to do, ^H6213 all the words ^H1697 of this law. ^H8451

⁴⁷ For it is not a vain ^H7386 thing ^H1697 for you; because it is your life: ^H2416 and through this thing ^H1697 ye shall prolong ^H748 your days ^H3117 in the land, ^H127 whither ye go over ^H5674 Jordan ^H3383 to possess ^H3423 it.

⁴⁸ And the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H1696 unto Moses ^H4872 that selfsame ^H6106 day, ^H3117 saying, ^H559

⁴⁹ Get thee up ^H5927 into this mountain ^H2022 Abarim, ^H5682 unto mount ^H2022 Nebo, ^H5015 which is in the land ^H776 of Moab, ^H4124 that is over against ^H6440 Jericho; ^H3405 and behold ^H7200 the land ^H776 of Canaan, ^H3667 which I give ^H5414 unto the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 for a possession: ^H272

⁵⁰ And die ^H4191 in the mount ^H2022 whither thou goest up, ^H5927 and be gathered ^H622 unto thy people; ^H5971 as Aaron ^H175 thy brother ^H251 died ^H4191 in mount ^H2022 Hor, ^H2023 and was gathered ^H622 unto his people: ^H5971

⁵¹ Because ye trespassed ^H4603 against me among ^H8432 the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 at the waters ^H4325 of Meribah-Kadesh, ^{H4808 H6946} in the wilderness ^H4057 of Zin; ^H6790 because ye sanctified ^H6942 me not in the midst ^H8432 of the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478

⁵² Yet thou shalt see ^H7200 the land ^H776 before thee; but thou shalt not go ^H935 thither unto the land ^H776 which I give ^H5414 the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478

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¹ Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

² My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

³ For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

⁴ The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.

⁵ They have dealt corruptly with him, `they are' not his children, `it is' their blemish; `They are' a perverse and crooked generation.

⁶ Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.

⁷ Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

⁸ When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

⁹ For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

¹⁰ He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

¹¹ As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.

¹² Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.

¹³ He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;

¹⁴ Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.

¹⁵ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

¹⁶ They moved him to jealousy with strange `gods'; With abominations provoked they him to anger.

¹⁷ They sacrificed unto demons, `which were' no God, To gods that they knew not, To new `gods' that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.

¹⁸ Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.

¹⁹ And Jehovah saw `it', and abhorred `them', Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

²⁰ And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

²¹ They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

²² For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

²³ I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:

²⁴ `They shall be' wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

²⁵ Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; `It shall destroy' both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

²⁶ I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

²⁷ Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

²⁸ For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

²⁹ Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

³⁰ How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

³¹ For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.

³² For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:

³³ Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.

³⁴ Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

³⁵ Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

³⁶ For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that `their' power is gone, And there is none `remaining', shut up or left at large.

³⁷ And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;

³⁸ Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, `And' drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.

³⁹ See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

⁴⁰ For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,

⁴¹ If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

⁴² I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.

⁴³ Rejoice, O ye nations, `with' his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

⁴⁴ And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

⁴⁵ And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;

⁴⁶ And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, `even' all the words of this law.

⁴⁷ For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

⁴⁸ And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

⁴⁹ Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;

⁵⁰ and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

⁵¹ because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

⁵² For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.

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¹ `Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!

² Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,

³ For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!

⁴ The Rock! -- perfect `is' His work, For all His ways `are' just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright `is' He.

⁵ It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!

⁶ To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.

⁷ Remember days of old -- Understand the years of many generations -- Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:

⁸ In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.

⁹ For Jehovah's portion `is' His people, Jacob `is' the line of His inheritance.

¹⁰ He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.

¹¹ As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; --

¹² Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.

¹³ He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;

¹⁴ Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!

¹⁵ And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.

¹⁶ They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.

¹⁷ They sacrifice to demons -- no god! Gods they have not known -- New ones -- from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!

¹⁸ The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.

¹⁹ And Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

²⁰ And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what `is' their latter end; For a froward generation `are' they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness.

²¹ They have made Me zealous by `no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by `no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.

²² For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol -- the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.

²³ I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.

²⁴ Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.

²⁵ Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.

²⁶ I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

²⁷ If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.

²⁸ For a nation lost to counsels `are' they, And there is no understanding in them.

²⁹ If they were wise -- They deal wisely `with' this; They attend to their latter end:

³⁰ How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not -- that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?

³¹ For not as our Rock `is' their rock, (And our enemies `are' judges!)

³² For of the vine of Sodom their vine `is', And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes `are' grapes of gall -- They have bitter clusters;

³³ The poison of dragons `is' their wine And the fierce venom of asps.

³⁴ Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?

³⁵ Mine `are' vengeance and recompense, At the due time -- doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.

³⁶ For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth -- the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.

³⁷ And He hath said, Where `are' their gods -- The rock in which they trusted;

³⁸ Which the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place!

³⁹ See ye, now, that I -- I `am' He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,

⁴⁰ For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live -- to the age!

⁴¹ If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me -- I repay!

⁴² I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.

⁴³ Sing ye nations -- `with' his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land -- His people.'

⁴⁴ And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun;

⁴⁵ and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel,

⁴⁶ and saith unto them, `Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,

⁴⁷ for it `is' not a vain thing for you, for it `is' your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

⁴⁸ And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,

⁴⁹ `Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which `is' in the land of Moab, which `is' on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;

⁵⁰ and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:

⁵¹ `Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin -- because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel;

⁵² but over-against thou seest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.'

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¹ Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth!

² My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.

³ For the name of Jehovah will I proclaim: Ascribe greatness unto our God!

⁴ [He is] the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A ùGod of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.

⁵ They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: -- A crooked and perverted generation!

⁶ Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?

⁷ Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.

⁸ When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

⁹ For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.

¹⁰ He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.

¹¹ As the eagle stirreth up its nest, Hovereth over its young, Spreadeth out its wings, Taketh them, beareth them on its feathers,

¹² So Jehovah alone did lead him, And no strange ùgod [was] with him.

¹³ He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And he made him suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;

¹⁴ Cream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.

¹⁵ Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked -- Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; -- He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

¹⁶ They moved him to jealousy with strange gods, With abominations did they provoke him to anger.

¹⁷ They sacrificed unto demons who are not +God; To gods whom they knew not, To new ones, who came newly up, Whom your fathers revered not.

¹⁸ Of the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten ùGod who brought thee forth.

¹⁹ And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.

²⁰ And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

²¹ They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no ùGod; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.

²² For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.

²³ I will heap mischiefs upon them; Mine arrows will I spend against them.

²⁴ They shall be consumed with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, And with poisonous pestilence; And the teeth of beasts will I send against them, With the poison of what crawleth in the dust.

²⁵ From without shall the sword bereave them, and in the chambers, terror -- Both the young man and the virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

²⁶ I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

²⁷ If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this.

²⁸ For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.

²⁹ Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!

³⁰ How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

³¹ For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges.

³² For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters;

³³ Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers.

³⁴ Is not this hidden with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

³⁵ Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.

³⁶ For Jehovah will judge his people, And shall repent in favour of his servants; When he seeth that power is gone, And there is none shut up or left.

³⁷ And he shall say, Where are their gods, Their rock in whom they trusted,

³⁸ Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, [And] drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, That there may be a protection over you.

³⁹ See now that I, I am HE, And there is no god with me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal, And there is none that delivereth out of my hand,

⁴⁰ For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!

⁴¹ If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

⁴² Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; [I will make them drunk] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy.

⁴³ Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people.

⁴⁴ And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea the son of Nun.

⁴⁵ And when Moses had ended speaking all these words to all Israel,

⁴⁶ he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words that I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to take heed to do, all the words of this law.

⁴⁷ For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

⁴⁸ And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

⁴⁹ Go up into this mountain Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession,

⁵⁰ and die on the mountain whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother died on mount Hor, and was gathered unto his peoples;

⁵¹ because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye hallowed me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

⁵² For thou shalt see the land before [thee]; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

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¹ Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak; Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

² My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall condense as the dew, As the small rain on the tender grass, As the showers on the herb.

³ For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh: Ascribe greatness to our God.

⁴ The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.

⁵ They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

⁶ Do you thus requite Yahweh, Foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.

⁷ Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you.

⁸ When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

⁹ For Yahweh's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

¹⁰ He found him in a desert land, In the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

¹¹ As an eagle that stirs up her nest, That flutters over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bore them on his feathers.

¹² Yahweh alone did lead him, There was no foreign god with him.

¹³ He made him ride on the high places of the earth, He ate the increase of the field; He made him to suck honey out of the rock, Oil out of the flinty rock;

¹⁴ Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, Rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.

¹⁵ But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: You have grown fat, you are grown thick, you are become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, Lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

¹⁶ They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]; With abominations provoked they him to anger.

¹⁷ They sacrificed to demons, [which were] no God, To gods that they didn't know, To new [gods] that came up of late, Which your fathers didn't dread.

¹⁸ Of the Rock that became your father, you are unmindful, Have forgotten God who gave you birth.

¹⁹ Yahweh saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

²⁰ He said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

²¹ They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

²² For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, Sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

²³ I will heap evils on them; I will spend my arrows on them:

²⁴ [They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat Bitter destruction; The teeth of animals will I send on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

²⁵ Outside shall the sword bereave, In the chambers terror; [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

²⁶ I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the memory of them to cease from among men;

²⁷ Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.

²⁸ For they are a nation void of counsel, There is no understanding in them.

²⁹ Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

³⁰ How should one chase a thousand, Two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, Yahweh had delivered them up?

³¹ For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.

³² For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, Of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:

³³ Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.

³⁴ Isn't this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

³⁵ Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, The things that are to come on them shall make haste.

³⁶ For Yahweh will judge his people, Repent himself for his servants; When he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.

³⁷ He will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;

³⁸ Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.

³⁹ See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; There is none who can deliver out of my hand.

⁴⁰ For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,

⁴¹ If I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, Will recompense those who hate me.

⁴² I will make my arrows drunk with blood, My sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.

⁴³ Rejoice, you nations, [with] his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, Will render vengeance to his adversaries, Will make expiation for his land, for his people.

⁴⁴ Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.

⁴⁵ Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;

⁴⁶ He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.

⁴⁷ For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.

⁴⁸ Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

⁴⁹ Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession;

⁵⁰ and die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people:

⁵¹ because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of the children of Israel.

⁵² For you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel.

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¹ Give ear, O heavens, to my voice; let the earth take note of the words of my mouth:

² My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:

³ For I will give honour to the name of the Lord: let our God be named great.

⁴ He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

⁵ They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.

⁶ Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.

⁷ Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

⁸ When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.

⁹ For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

¹⁰ He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

¹¹ As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers:

¹² So the Lord only was his guide, no other god was with him.

¹³ He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;

¹⁴ Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.

¹⁵ But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.

¹⁶ The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath.

¹⁷ They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers.

¹⁸ You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.

¹⁹ And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.

²⁰ And he said, My face will be veiled from them, I will see what their end will be: for they are an uncontrolled generation, children in whom is no faith.

²¹ They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,

²² For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.

²³ I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.

²⁴ They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

²⁵ Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.

²⁶ I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:

²⁷ But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

²⁸ For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.

²⁹ If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!

³⁰ How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?

³¹ For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.

³² For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter:

³³ Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.

³⁴ Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

³⁵ Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.

³⁶ For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.

³⁷ And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?

³⁸ Who took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.

³⁹ See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.

⁴⁰ For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,

⁴¹ If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.

⁴² I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.

⁴³ Be glad, O you his people, over the nations; for he will take payment for the blood of his servants, and will give punishment to his haters, and take away the sin of his land, for his people.

⁴⁴ So Moses said all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Hoshea, the son of Nun.

⁴⁵ And after saying all this to the people,

⁴⁶ Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

⁴⁷ And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

⁴⁸ That same day the Lord said to Moses,

⁴⁹ Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab opposite Jericho; there you may see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for their heritage:

⁵⁰ And let death come to you on the mountain where you are going, and be put to rest with your people; as death came to Aaron, your brother, on Mount Hor, where he was put to rest with his people:

⁵¹ Because of your sin against me before the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath Kadesh in the waste land of Zin; because you did not keep my name holy among the children of Israel.

⁵² So you will see the land before you, but you will not go into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.