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further song, for another song would be the harbinger of techiyat hameitim
and the future redemption, which they did not yet merit.

Moshe begged to enter the Land, for one cannot compare a good thought
to a good deed. He wanted to do the land-related mitzvot to perfection,
and not make do with merely studying their details.

“The glory of this latter Temple will be greater than [that of] the first.”
The second Beit Hamikdash had two added features: It was forty amot
taller, and it stood ten years longer. Moshe knew this, and he therefore
wished to preserve the House of Hashem. He also knew that were he to
enter Eretz Yisrael, he would be able to prevent the churban.But
Hashem preferred to pour His wrath upon the sticks and stones of the
Beit Hamikdash rather than upon His children. This would provide them
with atonement for their sins. He therefore did not allow Moshe entry
into the Land.
Moshe sang to Hashem, even before his entreaties were fulfilled. He
knew that whatever Hashem decided was best, deserving of song
and praise.

“Let me now cross and see the good Land that
is on the other side of the Jordan, this good
mountain and the Lebanon”
(Devarim 3:25)

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