46 he said, “Always remember this song I have taught you today. And let it be a warning that you must teach your children to obey everything written in The Book of God's Law.
47 The Law isn't empty words. It can give you a long life in the land that you are going to take.”
48 Later that day the Lord said to Moses:
49 Go up into the Abarim Mountain range here in Moab across the Jordan River valley from Jericho. And when you reach the top of Mount Nebo, you will be able to see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Israel.
50 Then you will die and be buried on the mountaintop, just as your brother Aaron died and was buried on Mount Hor.
51 Both of you were unfaithful to me at Meribah Spring near Kadesh in the Zin Desert. I am God, but there in front of the Israelites, you did not treat me with the honor and respect I deserve.
52 So I will give the land to the people of Israel, but you will only get to see it from a distance.