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Numbers 27 names the Abarim mountains as the place where Moses will see the land, and the Greek Septuagint adds Mount Nebo and calls the land “Canaan,” given “as a possession.” These additions harmonize the story with Deuteronomy 34 and Genesis 17.
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Numbers 27:12
Hebrew Bible
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites. 13 When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors. 14 For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water—the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”
Date: 750–400 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
LXX Numbers 27:12
Septuagint
12 And the Lord said to Moses, Go up to the mountain that is on the other side, this mount Nebo, and look at the land Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession. 13 And you shall see it, and you also shall be added to your people, as Aaron your brother was added to them in mount Or: 14 because you transgressed my commandment in the wilderness of Sin, when the congregation resisted and refused to sanctify me; you did not sanctify me at the water before them. This is the water of Strife in Kadesh in the wilderness of Sin.
Date: 300–201 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Numbers 27:12 ... The Greek version adds “which is Mount Nebo.” This is a typical scribal change to harmonize two passages. The area is in the mountains of Moab; Deuteronomy 34:1 more precisely identifies it as Mount Nebo ..."
W. Hall Harris, NET Bible (Biblical Studies, 2019), 214.
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