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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 34:3

south = the "Negeb". See note on Genesis 12:8 , Genesis 12:9 ; Genesis 13:3 , &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 34:1

This brief chapter brings us to the end of Deuteronomy. Having now completed our detailed study of the five Books of Moses, we find the same full confidence that was expressed by Keil, "So far as critical opinions respecting the origin of these works is concerned, we find the INTERNAL UNITY of the whole Torah, as well as its Mosaic origin, thoroughly confirmed!"[1] The problems that men discover in these books are of as little account as a speck of dust on the George Washington Monument. There... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 34:1-3

Ver. 1-3. And Moses went up from the plains of Moab, &c.— As soon as he had taken this solemn leave of his nation, Moses, according to the divine appointment, ch. Deu 32:49 retired privately to the top of mount Nebo called Pisgah, from whence God enabled him to take a distinct and particular prospect of the land of Canaan. The mention of Dan in the first verse, and the account of Moses's death and burial, and of some particulars which happened after he had left the world, from the fifth... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:1

1. Moses went up from the plains of Moab—This chapter appears from internal evidence to have been written subsequently to the death of Moses, and it probably formed, at one time, an introduction to the Book of Joshua. unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah—literally, the head or summit of the Pisgah; that is, the height (compare Numbers 23:14; Deuteronomy 3:17-27; Deuteronomy 4:49). The general name given to the whole mountain range east of Jordan, was Abarim (compare Deuteronomy... 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 34:1-2

XXXIV.DEATH OF MOSES.(1) Pisgah.—See Numbers 21:20. The word seems to mean a height.(1, 2) The Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali . . . unto the utmost sea—that is, He showed him all the land which was to be given to these several tribes. Whether He then showed it to him under the names which are given here or not is a question we cannot answer. Many deeply interesting queries suggest themselves here. Did Moses go up alone? or did Joshua accompany him? Who wrote... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 34:3

(3) And the south—i.e., the Negeb.And the plain—i.e., the plain of Jordan.The valley of Jericho.—The city of palm trees may or may not be identical with that place. 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

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