Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah.

The Ruler over the Nations

Moses Ascends Pisgah

34 Moses ascended from the desert plain of Moab toward Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There^[a] the Lord showed him the entire land, from Gilgal as far as Dan, ² all of Naphtali, the territories^[b] of Ephraim and Manasseh, and the entire territory^[c] of Judah all the way to out over the sea,^{[d] 3} including the Negev,^[e] the Arabah, the valley of Jericho, and the city of the palm trees as far as Zoar. ⁴ Then the Lord told him: “This is the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by an oath when I said, ‘I’ll give it to your descendants.’ I’ll let you see it with your eyes, but you won’t cross over there.”

Moses Dies

⁵ So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, just as the Lord had said.^{[f] 6} He was buried in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Moab, but no one knows to this day where his burial place is. ⁷ Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight wasn’t impaired and he was still vigorous and strong.

⁴ But I’ve told you this, so that when the time comes you’ll remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you this in the beginning, because I was still with you.”

The Work of the Spirit

⁵ “But now I am going to the one who sent me. Yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶ But because I have told you this, sorrow has filled your hearts. ⁷ However, I’m telling you the truth. It’s for your advantage that I’m going away, because if I don’t go away, the Helper won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. ⁸ When he comes, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment— ⁹ of sin, because they don’t believe in me; ¹⁰ of righteousness, because I’m going to the Father and you will no longer see me; ¹¹ and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.^[a]