When Moses was old, he said to all the Israelites, "I am a hundred and twenty years old this day. I can no longer go out and come in, and God has said to me, 'You shall not go over this river Jordan.' God your God is going over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall drive them out; and Joshua is going over to lead you as God has commanded. Be brave and strong, do not be afraid of them, for God your God is leading you; he will not fail you nor forsake you."
 
Moses also called Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, "Be brave and strong, for you shall bring this people into the land which God has promised to their fathers to give them; and you shall give it to them. God is going before you; he will be with you, he will not fail nor forsake you; fear not, nor be frightened."
 
Then Moses went up on the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo to the summit of Pisgah opposite Jericho. And God showed him all the land, and said to him, "This is the land which I have solemnly promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your children.' I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you shall not go over there."
 
So Moses, the servant of God, died there in the land of Moab as God had said. And God buried him in the deep valley in the land of Moab; but to this day no man knows the place where he was buried. Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, but his eye was not dim nor had he lost his strength. The Israelites wept for Moses on the plain of Moab thirty days, and then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
 
Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the Israelites listened to him and did as God commanded Moses. But in Israel no prophet had yet arisen whom God knew as well as he did Moses.