Deuteronomy 34:8

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:8

8. wept for Moses . . . thirty days—Seven days was the usual period of mourning, but for persons in high rank or official eminence, it was extended to thirty (Genesis 50:3-10; Numbers 20:29). 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 34:8

(8) The children of Israel wept for Moses . . . thirty days . . .—As they did for Aaron, his brother (Numbers 20:29). It is remarkable that the burial and the tomb of Aaron are only alluded to in Deuteronomy 10:6. (See Note and Excursus on that passage.) Miriam was buried in Kadesh (Numbers 20:1). 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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

MOSES’ CHARACTER AND DEATHIT has been often said, and it has even become a principle of the critical school, that the historical notices in the earlier documents of the Old Testament represent nothing but the ideas current at the time when they were written. Whether they depict an Abraham, a Jacob, or a Moses, all they really tell us is the kind of character which at such times was held to be heroic. In this way the value of the historic parts of Deuteronomy has been called in question, and we... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

4. The Death of Moses CHAPTER 34 1. The death and burial of Moses (Deuteronomy 34:1-7 ) 2. The mourning of the people (Deuteronomy 34:8 ) 3. The conclusion of the book (Deuteronomy 34:9-12 ) This chapter was not written by Moses, but is an addition by another chosen instrument. The home-going of this great man of God is beyond description. What a scene it must have been when he ascended Nebo to the top of Pisgah! And the Lord met him there and showed him the land and said: “This is the... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF MOSES (vs.1-12) Thus Moses has given his last message to Israel, so that this chapter is necessarily penned by a different writer. Moses, fully aware that he would die on Mount Nebo, goes with calm confidence in the living God to his appointed end. Evidently he went alone, and the writer of this history therefore received his information of this occasion directly from the Lord. Ascending to the top of Pisgah, which means "survey," he was there shown by God all the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

THE BLESSING AND THE END After Moses ended his song (Deuteronomy 32:44 ) he exhorted the people in language familiar to us (Deuteronomy 32:45-47 ), and then the voice of the Lord was heard to what purport (Deuteronomy 32:49-50 )? And why (Deuteronomy 32:51 )? Can you recall the details referred to in that verse? If not, look up the story again as indicated in the margin of your Bible. What grace does God show Moses, in spite of his disobedience (Deuteronomy 32:52 )? Does Moses complain at... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Nile and Nebo Deuteronomy 34:0 It is a long way from the Nile to Nebo a long way, not in mere distance geographical, but in experience, in trial, in work, in suffering in all that goes to make up the sum total of the mystery of human life. It is well for us to have opposite points, that we may sometimes look at the one and at the other, at the beginning and at the intermediate end: and so measure off life in great sections, and consider it well, as if it were an entirety between the two... read more

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