As the Israelites were camped on the plains of Moab, the Lord told Moses to go up to the mountains and look over the Promised Land, for he would die before he was able to enter it. Just before Moses died, he climbed Mount Nebo. Although he could not enter the Promised Land, God showed him its beauty from Mount Nebo's peak. Just as the Lord foretold, Moses looked out over the Promised Land from the mountains of Moab, and then he died there. As the Israelites were camped on the plains of Moab, just across from Jericho, Moses took a census of the people.