Deuteronomy 34:1-9

The Death of Moses

1 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,
2 all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,
3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
4 Then the LORD said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
5 And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said.
6 He buried him[a] in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.
7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit[b] of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the LORD had commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 34:1-9 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 25

  • 1. S Numbers 32:3
  • 2. S Numbers 21:20
  • 3. Deuteronomy 32:49
  • 4. Deuteronomy 32:52
  • 5. S Genesis 14:14
  • 6. S Exodus 23:31; Deuteronomy 11:24
  • 7. S Genesis 12:9
  • 8. Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13; 2 Chronicles 28:15
  • 9. S Genesis 13:10
  • 10. Genesis 28:13
  • 11. Joshua 21:43
  • 12. Genesis 12:7
  • 13. S Deuteronomy 3:23; Deuteronomy 3:27
  • 14. S Numbers 12:7
  • 15. S Genesis 25:8; Deuteronomy 32:50; Joshua 1:1-2
  • 16. S Deuteronomy 3:29
  • 17. Jude 1:9
  • 18. S Exodus 7:7; Deuteronomy 31:2
  • 19. S Genesis 27:1
  • 20. S Genesis 15:15
  • 21. S Numbers 21:11
  • 22. S Genesis 37:34; S Deuteronomy 1:3
  • 23. Genesis 50:3,10; 2 Samuel 11:27
  • 24. S Genesis 41:38; S Exodus 28:3; Isaiah 11:2; Daniel 6:3
  • 25. Numbers 27:18,23; S Deuteronomy 31:14; Acts 6:6

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