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East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying:
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So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber, and traveled along the desert road of Moab.
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Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.”
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Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites.
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“Today you are to pass by the region of Moab at Ar.
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as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us—until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.”
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No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.
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Renewal of the Covenant
These are the terms of the covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.
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“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.
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The Death of Moses
Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,
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And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said.
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He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.
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The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
