Verse 4
And the Lord said unto him ,.... The Word of the Lord, as the Jerusalem Targum, having shown him all the land of Canaan:
this is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed ; to Abraham, Genesis 15:18 ; to Isaac, Genesis 26:3 ; to Jacob, Genesis 28:13 ,
I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes ; not only had indulged him with a general view of it, but had strengthened his eyesight, that he had a full, clear, and distinct sight of it:
but thou shalt not go over thither ; which he had said more than once before and abides by it, and this because of the behaviour of Moses at the waters of Meribah, Numbers 20:12 ; see Deuteronomy 3:25 .
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