The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:48-52
Death immediately in view. The utterance of the sublime song which we have just treated on, was the last recorded public act of Moses. His work is all but done. He receives an intimation that the time is nigh at hand for him to "go up and die." The circumstances which gather round that death are most suggestive. The following passages should be compared together:— Numbers 20:12 ; Numbers 27:12-14 ; Deuteronomy 1:37 ; Deuteronomy 3:23-28 ; Deuteronomy 4:21 , Deuteronomy 4:22 ; ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:48-52
On the day on which Moses rehearsed this song in the hearing of the people, his death was announced to him by God, and the command was again given to him to ascend Mount Nebo, thence to survey the Promised Land, and there to be gathered to his people. The same in substance, the command as given here differs slightly in form and in some minor particulars from that as recorded by Moses himself ( Numbers 27:12-14 ). read more