Deuteronomy 34
12 verses · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear a verse
וַיַּ֨עַל מֹשֶׁ֜ה מֵעַרְבֹ֤ת מוֹאָב֙ אֶל־הַ֣ר נְב֔וֹ רֹ֚אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרֵח֑וֹ וַיַּרְאֵ֨הוּ יְהֹוָ֧ה אֶת־כׇּל־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֶת־הַגִּלְעָ֖ד עַד־דָּֽן׃
vayya'al mosheh me'arvot mo'av el-har nevo rosh happisgah asher al-pene yerekho vayyarehu Adonai et-kol-ha'arets et-haggilad ad-dan
Moses went up from the steppes of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, opposite Jericho, and GOD showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan;
וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְאֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ אֶפְרַ֖יִם וּמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיָּ֥ם הָאַחֲרֽוֹן׃
ve'et kol-naftali ve'et-erets efrayim umenasheh ve'et kol-erets yehudah ad hayyam ha'akharon
all Naphtali; the land of Ephraim and Manasseh; the whole land of Judah as far as the Western Sea;
וְאֶת־הַנֶּ֗גֶב וְֽאֶת־הַכִּכָּ֞ר בִּקְעַ֧ת יְרֵח֛וֹ עִ֥יר הַתְּמָרִ֖ים עַד־צֹֽעַר׃
ve'et-hannegev ve'et-hakkikkar biqat yerekho ir hattemarim ad-tso'ar
the Negeb; and the Plain—the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו זֹ֤את הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֠שְׁבַּ֠עְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם לְיִצְחָ֤ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה הֶרְאִיתִ֣יךָ בְעֵינֶ֔יךָ וְשָׁ֖מָּה לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹֽר׃
vayyomer Adonai elayw zot ha'arets asher nishbati le'avraham leyitskhaq uleya'aqov lemor lezarakha ettenennah heritikha ve'enekha veshammah lo ta'avor
And GOD said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ‘I will assign it to your offspring.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you shall not cross there.”
וַיָּ֨מׇת שָׁ֜ם מֹשֶׁ֧ה עֶבֶד־יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מוֹאָ֖ב עַל־פִּ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃
vayyamot sham mosheh eved-Adonai be'erets mo'av al-pi Adonai
So Moses the servant of GOD died there, in the land of Moab, at the command of GOD,
וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ר אֹת֤וֹ בַגַּי֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב מ֖וּל בֵּ֣ית פְּע֑וֹר וְלֹא־יָדַ֥ע אִישׁ֙ אֶת־קְבֻ֣רָת֔וֹ עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
vayyiqbor oto vaggay be'erets mo'av mul bet pe'or velo-yada ish et-qevurato ad hayyom hazzeh
who buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, near Beth-peor; and no one knows his burial place to this day.
וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה בֶּן־מֵאָ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה בְּמֹת֑וֹ לֹא־כָהֲתָ֥ה עֵינ֖וֹ וְלֹא־נָ֥ס לֵחֹֽה׃
umosheh ben-me'ah ve'esrim shanah bemoto lo-khahatah eno velo-nas lekhoh
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eyes were undimmed and his vigor unabated.
וַיִּבְכּוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֛ה בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥ת מוֹאָ֖ב שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים י֑וֹם וַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּ יְמֵ֥י בְכִ֖י אֵ֥בֶל מֹשֶֽׁה׃
vayyivku vene yisra'el et-mosheh be'arvot mo'av sheloshim yom vayyittemu yeme vekhi evel mosheh
And the Israelites bewailed Moses in the steppes of Moab for thirty days. The period of wailing and mourning for Moses came to an end.
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן־נ֗וּן מָלֵא֙ ר֣וּחַ חׇכְמָ֔ה כִּֽי־סָמַ֥ךְ מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־יָדָ֖יו עָלָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּ אֵלָ֤יו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃
vihoshua bin-nun male ruakh khokhmah ki-samakh mosheh et-yadayw alayw vayyishme'u elayw bene-yisra'el vayya'asu ka'asher tsivvah Adonai et-mosheh
Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the Israelites heeded him, doing as GOD had commanded Moses.
וְלֹא־קָ֨ם נָבִ֥יא ע֛וֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כְּמֹשֶׁ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יְדָע֣וֹ יְהֹוָ֔ה פָּנִ֖ים אֶל־פָּנִֽים׃
velo-qam navi od beyisra'el kemosheh asher yeda'o Adonai panim el-panim
Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses—whom GOD singled out, face to face,
לְכׇל־הָ֨אֹתֹ֜ת וְהַמּוֹפְתִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר שְׁלָחוֹ֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לְפַרְעֹ֥ה וּלְכׇל־עֲבָדָ֖יו וּלְכׇל־אַרְצֽוֹ׃
lekhol-ha'otot vehammofetim asher shelakho Adonai la'asot be'erets mitsrayim lefaroh ulekhol-avadayw ulekhol-artso
for the various signs and portents that GOD sent him to display in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his courtiers and his whole country,
וּלְכֹל֙ הַיָּ֣ד הַחֲזָקָ֔ה וּלְכֹ֖ל הַמּוֹרָ֣א הַגָּד֑וֹל אֲשֶׁר֙ עָשָׂ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֔ה לְעֵינֵ֖י כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
ulekhol hayyad hakhazaqah ulekhol hammora haggadol asher asah mosheh le'ene kol-yisra'el
and for all the great might and awesome power that Moses displayed before all Israel.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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