Deuteronomy 34:5-12

5 So Moshe, the servant of ADONAI, died there in the land of Mo'av, as ADONAI had said.

6 He was buried in the valley across from Beit-P'or in the land of Mo'av, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.

7 Moshe was 120 years old when he died, with eyes undimmed and vigor undiminished.

8 The people of Isra'el mourned Moshe on the plains of Mo'av for thirty days; after this, the days of crying and mourning for Moshe ended.

9 Y'hoshua the son of Nun was full of the Spirit of wisdom, for Moshe had laid his hands on him, and the people of Isra'el heeded him and did what ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

10 Since that time there has not arisen in Isra'el a prophet like Moshe, whom ADONAI knew face to face.

11 What signs and wonders ADONAI sent him to perform in the land of Egypt upon Pharaoh, all his servants and all his land!

12 What might was in his hand! What great terror he evoked before the eyes of all Isra'el!

Deuteronomy 34:5-12 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.