Devarim 3: Enough!

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Apr 5, 2026 · 2m

At the end of Chapter 3, Moshe talks about his own punishment. He does not discuss the rock and the water here. Instead, he tells the people that it was because of them that God would not let him enter the land. Moshe recounts how he pleaded with God to cross the Jordan and see the land of Canaan:

“I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying… Let me, I pray, cross over and see the good land on the other side of the Jordan.” (Deuteronomy 3:23–25)

וָאֶתְחַנַּן אֶל־ה׳ בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר׃

אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן הָהָר הַטּוֹב הַזֶּה…