📜WEB · Deuteronomy 32:51

What does Deuteronomy 32:51 mean?

"because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among the children of Israel."

— Deuteronomy 32:51 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

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

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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;

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because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among the children of Israel.

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For you shall see the land from a distance; but you shall not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel.”

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