Deuteronomy 34:5,Deuteronomy 34:6,Deuteronomy 34:8

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 34:5

Deuteronomy 34:5. So Moses the servant of the Lord died He is called the servant of the Lord, not only as a good man, (all such are his servants,) but as a man eminently useful, who had served God’s counsels in bringing Israel out of Egypt, and leading them through the wilderness. And it was more his honour to be the servant of the Lord, than to be king in Jeshurun. Yet he dies. Neither his piety nor his usefulness could exempt him from the stroke of death. God’s servants must die, that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Death of Moses (34:1-12)Before Moses died, God allowed him to climb to the peak (Pisgah) of Mount Nebo in the Abarim Range (near the Israelite camp on the plains of Moab) and view the full extent of the magnificent land his people were soon to possess (34:1-4).The editor responsible for this final chapter adds the note that the exact location of Moses’ grave was unknown (5-8). Joshua was the new leader, but neither he nor any who came after him had the unique experience of Moses, who met God... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 34:5

Moses the servant of the LORD. First occurrence. Occurs eighteen times. See Joshua 1:1 , Joshua 1:13 , Joshua 1:15 ; Joshua 8:31 , Joshua 8:33 ; Joshua 11:12 ; Joshua 12:6 , Joshua 12:6 ; Joshua 13:8 ; Joshua 14:7 ; Joshua 18:7 ; Joshua 22:2 , Joshua 22:4 , Joshua 22:5 ; 2 Kings 18:12 . 2Ch 1:3 ; 2 Chronicles 24:6 ; and compare Hebrews 3:1-6 . Compare for other variations of Moses as a servant, Exodus 14:31 . Num 12:7 . 1 Kings 8:53 . word. Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause),... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 34:5

Ver. 5. So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there— This is the highest character which can be given to any man, the servant of Jehovah; and it is given by God himself to Moses after his death, Joshua 2:7. It is a remark which naturally offers from these words, that since the most approved servants of God have died, death cannot be an absolute evil, or the God whom they served never would have permitted it to have befallen them. The sacred historian expresses particularly, that Moses died in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:5

5. Moses . . . died—After having governed the Israelites forty years. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

E. Moses’ death and burial: narrative epilogue ch. 34"A testament is of force only after the death of the testator [cf. Hebrews 9:16-17]. So the Deuteronomic Covenant in its testamentary aspect . . . would not become operative until after the death of Moses. Only then would Joshua succeed to the role of vicegerent of God over Israel, and only then under the leadership of Joshua could the tribes, according to the declarations of the Lord, enter into their inheritance in Canaan. It was,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

The Death of MosesIn obedience to the divine command (Deuteronomy 32:48-52) Moses ascends to the top of Mt. Nebo, whence he views the Land of Promise. Thereafter he dies and God buries him. No man knows of his sepulcher.1-4. Dan is used to indicate the extreme N., as in the phrase ’from Dan to Beersheba,’ though it was not till the time of the Judges that the Danites settled in that district: see Judges 18:28, Judges 18:29. The utmost sea (lit. ’hinder, i.e. western, sea’: see on Deuteronomy... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 34:5

(5) So (better, and) Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.—Literally, upon the mouth of the Lord, and hence the Jewish interpretation that he died by a kiss! But the language of the sacred narrative is too simple to need even this interpretation. For many years it had been the habit of Moses to do everything “at the mouth of the Lord.” Only one fatal mistake mars the record of obedience. It was but one last act of obedience to lie down... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

The Death of Moses Deuteronomy 34:1-12 'Unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah' (v. 1). There were other Old Testament death-scenes transacted on the mountains. It was on Mount Gilboa that Saul leaned upon his spear and slew himself. And it was on the summit of Hor that Aaron died. It was near the top of Pisgah that Balaam said, 'Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his'. Compare these two. Very near the place where Balaam was Moses died. Yet what a... read more