Deuteronomy 32:48

48 That same day the Lord said to Moses,

Deuteronomy 32:48 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 32:48

And the Lord spake unto Moses the selfsame day
On which he finished the reading of the law, and the above song, which was the seventh of Adar or February; according to the Targum of Jonathan, the day he died on; according to the Egyptian Calendar ^F1, it was the sixteenth of that month, see ( Deuteronomy 34:5 ) ;

saying;
as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Apud Ludolf. Lex. Ethiop. p. 537.

Deuteronomy 32:48 In-Context

46 Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

47 And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

48 That same day the Lord said to Moses,

49 Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab opposite Jericho; there you may see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for their heritage:

50 And let death come to you on the mountain where you are going, and be put to rest with your people; as death came to Aaron, your brother, on Mount Hor, where he was put to rest with his people: