And the Lord said unto Moses
Either at the same time, or quickly after; rather, perhaps, the
same day:
behold, thy days approach that thou must die;
which does not necessarily imply that he had some days to live,
though but few; but that the time of his death drew nigh, his
last moments were approaching; the time of his death being, as
every man's is, fixed by the Lord, with whom is the number of his
years, months, days, and moments, beyond which he cannot pass, (
Job 14:5 ) ;
call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of
the
congregation, that I may give him a charge;
this looks as if the people had been dismissed after the above
exhortations given; and now Joshua was called, and Moses with
him, to have a charge given him:
and Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the
tabernacle
of the congregation;
before the Lord. Aben Ezra says, Moses went from the camp of
Israel where he was, to the camp of the Shechinah; the Jews
pretend to know in what form they walked thither. Moses, they say
F1, went on the left hand of Joshua;
and they went to the tabernacle, and the pillar of cloud
descended and separated between them.