Deuteronomy 34:5-6

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.

Deuteronomy 34:5-6 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 4

  • 1. S Numbers 12:7
  • 2. S Genesis 25:8; Deuteronomy 32:50; Joshua 1:1-2
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 3:29
  • 4. Jude 1:9

Footnotes 1

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