Deuteronomy 34:5-6

5 So Moses ¹the servant of the LORD ²died 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, ³opposite Beth-peor; but ⁴no man knows his burial place to this day.

Deuteronomy 34:5-6 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.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 12:7; Joshua 1:1, 2
• 2. Deuteronomy 32:50
• 3. Deuteronomy 3:29; Deuteronomy 4:46
• 4. Jude 9

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "mouth"