OT 18 The Final Year for Moses

About this episode

The episode discusses the final year of Moses' life as he leads Israel towards the Promised Land and records God's laws in Deuteronomy.

Text: Deuteronomy 6-8; 15; 18; 29-30; 34 Supplemental Text: The Third Thousand Years chapter 20 BYU Lecture 23: Finally, the Lord declares that Israel is now ready to enter Canaan, the Promised Land. Moses is 120 years old and is in the last year of his life. He has also recently lost Aaron and Miriam. Moses takes the hosts of Israel on a march towards the east of the Dead Sea, avoiding the Anaks. Along their march, God instructs Moses not to fight against three groups or tribes: the Edomites (children of Abraham through Esau, known today as Arabs), nor the Moabites or Ammonites (both groups descended from Abraham through Lot). The story of the fallen prophet Balaam is told and how he colluded with the Midianites to corrupt the youth of Israel. Moses is told that he is allowed to see the Promised Land but he cannot enter it. In his final 30 days of mortality, Moses devotes himself to record the book of Deuteronomy – God’s Laws. Moses is translated and Joshua takes the lead as the Israelites march into the promised land. The miracle of the river divided. Manna is now stopped. Joshua puts all Israel under covenant to God by circumcising the men and then marches around Jericho and…

Topics covered

• Moses' final year
• Israel's journey
• Deuteronomy
• God's laws
• Promised Land
• Balaam's story

Keywords

• Moses
• Deuteronomy
• Canaan
• Israel
• Balaam
• Edomites
• Moabites
• Ammonites
• promised land
• God's laws

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel

Books & works: Deuteronomy, The Third Thousand Years

Places: Canaan, Dead Sea, Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, Midianites

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