Deuteronomy 32:48

48 And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

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 he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words that I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to take heed to do, all the words of this law.

47 For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

48 And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,

49 Go up into this mountain Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession,

50 and die on the mountain whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother died on mount Hor, and was gathered unto his peoples;