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Spiritual Gifts, Volume 4a
The fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also, his
heavens shall drop down dew. Happy art thou, O Israel. Who is like
unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who
is the word of thy excellency? And thine enemies shall be found liars
unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.”
Joshua was selected of God to be Moses’ successor in leading the
Hebrew host to the promised land. He was most solemnly consecrated
to the future important work of leading, as a faithful shepherd, the
people of Israel. “And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of
wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him. And the children of
Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.”
And he gave Joshua charge before all the congregation of Israel, “Be
strong and of a good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel
unto the land which I sware unto them, and I will be with thee.” He
spoke to Joshua in God’s stead. He also had the elders and officers of
the tribes gathered before him, and he solemnly charged them to deal
justly and righteously in their religious offices, and to faithfully obey
all the instructions he had given them from God. He called heaven
and earth to record against them, that if they should depart from God,
and transgress his commandments, he was clear, for he had faithfully
instructed and warned them.
“And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain
of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho, and the Lord
shewed him all the land to Gilead, unto Dan. And all Naphtali, and
the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto
the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho,
the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the Lord said unto him, This
is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob,
saying, I will give it unto thy seed. I have caused thee to see it with
thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses, the servant of
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the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the
Lord. And he buried him in a valley, in the land of Moab, over against
Beth-peor; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was
not dim, nor his natural force abated.”
Moses ascended to Pisgah, the highest prominence of the mountain
which he could attain, and there his clear and undimmed eyes viewed
the land, the promised home of Israel. God opened before his sight