Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

them, they remembered with new appreciation his fatherly
tenderness, his wise counsels, and his untiring labors. They
remembered bitterly that their own misbehavior had provoked
Moses to the sin for which he must die.
God wanted them not to make the life of their future leader as
difficult as they had made the life of Moses. God speaks to His
people by giving them blessings, and when they do not appreciate
these, He speaks to them by removing the blessings.
That very day the command came to Moses, "Go up ... Mount
Nebo ...; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of
Israel as a possession; and die on the mountain which you ascend,
and be gathered to your people." Moses was now to leave on a new
and mysterious mission. He must go out to resign his life into the
hands of his Creator. He knew that he was to die alone; no earthly
friend would be permitted to minister to him in his last hours. There
was a mystery and awfulness about the scene from which his heart
drew back. The severest trial was to be separated from the people
with whom his life had been united for so long. But with
unquestioning faith he committed himself and his people to God's
love and mercy.
Moses' Last Blessing
For the last time Moses stood in the assembly of his people.
Again the Spirit of God rested on him, and in grand and touching
language he pronounced a blessing on each of the tribes, closing
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