The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-12
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申命記 34:2-5 Jcb
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-12
The death and burial of Moses. We have in this concluding chapter the remarkable account of the death and burial of Moses. He had, as we have seen, blessed the tribes; he had laid his hands on Joshua (verse 9), and thus ordained him, so to speak, to the leadership; he had given his manuscripts to the priests to be deposited in the ark; and now all that remains for him to do is to take the course God indicated to the mountain-top, see the Promised Land, and die. It has suggested some noble... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:2-4
Unto the utmost sea ; rather, the hinder sea , viz. the Mediterranean (cf. Deuteronomy 11:24 ). The south ; the Negeb, the pasture-land in the south, towards the Arabian desert. The plain of the valley of Jericho ; the extensive plain through which the Jordan flows, extending from Jericho to Zoar, at the south end of the Dead Sea. This wide prospect could not be surveyed by any ordinary power of vision; so that Moses must for the occasion have had his power of vision miraculously... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5
According to the word of the Lord ; literally, at the mouth of the Lord . The rabbins interpret this, "by a kiss of the Lord"; i . e . as Maimonides explains it ('More Nevoch.,' 3:51), Moses "died in a moment of holiest joy in the knowledge and love of God." The phrase, however, simply means "by or according to the command of" (cf. Genesis 45:21 ; Exodus 17:1 ; Le Exodus 24:12 ; Numbers 3:16 , etc.). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5-6
Moses' death and burial. Lessons from it— I. GOD WILL HAVE NO ONE , LIVING OR DEAD , TO STAND BETWEEN HIS CREATURES AND HIMSELF . "He dies apart, and is buried in secret, where his grave can be dishonored by no pilgrimage, and where no false veneration can rear altars to his memory." II. GOD WISHES MEN TO SEE SOMETHING MORE LEFT OF HIS SERVANTS THAN THE OUTWARD SHRINE . They had the life and words of Moses, which his... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:3
Unto Zoar - Compare Genesis 19:22. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:4
I have caused thee to see it - The sight thus afforded to Moses, like that of “all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time” Luke 4:5, was no doubt supernatural. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:5
According to the word of the Lord - It denotes that Moses died, not because his vital powers were exhausted, but by the sentence of God, and as a punishment for his sin. Compare Deuteronomy 32:51. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 34:2-3
Deuteronomy 34:2-3. All Naphtali The land of Naphtali, which, together with Dan, was in the north of Canaan, as Ephraim and Manasseh were in the midland parts, and Judah on the south, and the sea on the west. So these parts, lying in the several quarters, are put for all the rest. He stood in the east, and saw also Gilead, which was in the eastern part of the land, and thence he saw the north, and south, and west. The utmost sea The midland sea, which was the utmost bound of the land of... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-9
The last journey. (For other aspects of the death of Moses, see Homily on Deuteronomy 32:48-52 .) We have come at last to the closing scene. It is evidently recorded by other hands; for "Dan" ( Deuteronomy 34:2 ) did not exist by that name till a much later period (see Judy. Deuteronomy 18:1 , 27-29). Deuteronomy 34:10-12 indicate, moreover, a period later still; very possibly, it may have been as far on as the time of Ezra when those verses were added. And whoever will make use of... read more