Ha-Yarden ha-zeh -- what does the torah mean by this Jordan as opposed to the Jordan?

In Devarim 3:27, when Moshe pleads with God to be allowed to go into the land, God says to him:

Most of the time, including earlier in this chapter, references are just to הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן, "the Jordan". There's only one Jordan river (river is implied here); "the Jordan" is clear.

In this verse, though, it says הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן הַזֶּֽה, "this Jordan". What is the torah telling us here? What's the significance of הַזֶּֽה?

I didn't find any commentaries (in English) that address this, on Sefaria or in the chumashim I have available. (I once (a long time ago) speculated that perhaps it's meant as a comfort to Moshe -- you didn't pass this barrier but you've faced and passed others -- but I have no source for such an idea.)

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