John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 32:52

"For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel." — Deuteronomy 32:52 (ASV)

Yet you shall see the land before [you]
Which Jarchi interprets, afar off; and so does Noldius ^F3; he saw it at a distance, as the Old Testament saints saw the things promised afar off, and were persuaded of them, though they did not enjoy them, (Hebrews 11:13):

but you shall not go thither unto the land which I give the children
of Israel;
the land of Canaan was a gift of God to Israel, into which they were not to be introduced by Moses, but by Joshua; signifying that eternal life, or the heavenly Canaan, is the gift of God through Christ, the antitype of Joshua, and not to obtained by the works of the law.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: Ebr. part. Concord. p. 626. so Ainsworth.