Deuteronomy 34:1-8

1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan,

2 all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

3 the Negeb, and the Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar.

4 The Lord said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, "I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there."

5 Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's command.

6 He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day.

7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated.

8 The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended.

Deuteronomy 34:1-8 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.