Deuteronomy 1:37

"Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You also shall not go in there."

Key Reflection

Moses' exclusion from entering the Promised Land serves as a powerful lesson on humility and divine consequences. God's anger at Moses stemmed from his failure to trust completely in God, despite leading the people successfully for forty years, highlighting the importance of unwavering faith even in leaders.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The sentence on Moses was not passed when the people rebelled during their first encampment at Kadesh, but some 37 years later, when they had re-assembled in the same neighborhood at Meribah (see theNumbers 20:13note). He alludes to it here as having happened not many months previously, bearing on the facts which were for his purpose in pricking the conscience of the people.

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