Rabbi Joḥanan counted ten instances in which Scripture refers to the death of Moses (including one in the parashah), teaching that God did not finally seal the harsh decree until God declared it to Moses. Rabbi Joḥanan cited these ten references to the death of Moses: (1) "But I must die in this land; I shall not cross the Jordan"; (2) "The Lord said to Moses: 'Behold, your days approach that you must die'"; (3) "now, while I am still alive in your midst, you have been defiant toward the Lord; and how much more after my death"; (4) "For I know that after my death, you will act wickedly and turn away from the path that I enjoined upon you"; (5) "And die in the mount that you are about to ascend, and shall be gathered to your kin, as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his kin"; (6) "This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, bade the Israelites farewell before his death"; (7) "So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, at the command of the Lord"; (8) "Moses was 120 years old when he died"; (9) "Now it came to pass after the death of Moses"; and (10) "Moses My servant is dead." Rabbi Joḥanan taught that ten times it was decreed that Moses should not enter the Land of Israel, but the harsh decree was not finally sealed until God revealed it to him and declared (as reported in ): "It is My decree that you should not pass over."