Deuteronomy 34:1-4

The Death of Moses

1 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,

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

3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

4 Then the LORD said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”

Deuteronomy 34:1-4 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

• 1. S Numbers 32:3
• 2. S Numbers 21:20
• 3. Deuteronomy 32:49
• 4. Deuteronomy 32:52
• 5. S Genesis 14:14
• 6. S Exodus 23:31; Deuteronomy 11:24
• 7. S Genesis 12:9
• 8. Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13; 2 Chronicles 28:15
• 9. S Genesis 13:10
• 10. Genesis 28:13
• 11. Joshua 21:43
• 12. Genesis 12:7
• 13. S Deuteronomy 3:23; Deuteronomy 3:27