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Venerdi, 26 aprile 2024 - San Marcellino ( Letture di oggi)

Deuteronomy 34


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1Then, leaving the Plains of Moab, Moses went up Mount Nebo, the peak of Pisgah opposite Jericho,and Yahweh showed him the whole country: Gilead as far as Dan,2the whole of Naphtali, the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, the whole country of Judah as far as theWestern Sea,3the Negeb, and the region of the Val ey of Jericho, city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.4Yahweh said to him, 'This is the country which I promised on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac andJacob, saying: I shal give it to your descendants. I have al owed you to see it for yourself, but you wil not crossinto it.'5There in the country of Moab, Moses, servant of Yahweh, died as Yahweh decreed;6he buried him in the val ey, in the country of Moab, opposite Beth-Peor; but to this day no one hasever found his grave.7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye undimmed, his vigour unimpaired.8The Israelites wept for Moses on the Plains of Moab for thirty days. The days of weeping for themourning rites of Moses came to an end.9Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him, and himthe Israelites obeyed, carrying out the order which Yahweh had given to Moses.10Since then, there has never been such a prophet in Israel as Moses, the man whom Yahweh knewface to face.11What signs and wonders Yahweh caused him to perform in Egypt against Pharaoh, al his servantsand his whole country!12How mighty the hand and great the fear that Moses wielded in the eyes of al Israel!