Deuteronomy 34:1-10

The Death of Moses

1 ¹Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite * Jericho. And the LORD ²showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

2 and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the ³western sea,

3 and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, ⁴the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

4 Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land which ⁵I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants '; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there."

5 So Moses ⁶the servant of the LORD ⁷died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

6 And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, ⁸opposite Beth-peor; but ⁹no man knows his burial place to this day.

7 Although Moses was ¹⁰one hundred and twenty years old when he died, ¹¹his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.

8 So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

9 Now Joshua the son of Nun was ¹²filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

10 Since that time ¹³no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom ¹⁴the LORD knew face to face,

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Deuteronomy 34:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 34

This chapter informs us of Moses going up to the top of Pisgah, where he was shown the whole land of Canaan, De 34:1-4; of his death, burial, and age, De 34:5-7; of Israel's mourning for him, and the time of it, De 34:8; of his successor Joshua, De 34:9; and of the character of Moses, to whom no prophet was to be compared, De 34:10-12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

1. Deuteronomy 32:49
2. Deuteronomy 32:52
3. Deuteronomy 11:24
4. Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13; 2 Chronicles 28:15
5. Genesis 12:7; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 28:13
6. Numbers 12:7; Joshua 1:1, 2
7. Deuteronomy 32:50
8. Deuteronomy 3:29; Deuteronomy 4:46
9. Jude 9
10. Deuteronomy 31:2
11. Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10
12. Numbers 27:18, 23; Isaiah 11:2
13. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18
14. Exodus 33:11; Numbers 12:8; Deuteronomy 5:4

Footnotes 4

[a]. I.e. Mediterranean Sea
[b]. I.e. South country
[c]. Lit "seed"
[d]. Lit "mouth"