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Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Deuteronomy 31:14

DISCOURSE: 229THE APPROACH OF DEATHDeuteronomy 31:14. And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die.“TO man there is an appointed time upon earth.” But the precise measure of our days is in mercy hid from us. On some occasions, however, God has been pleased to make it known, and to declare with precision the near approach of death, that so the persons whose fate was made known might employ their remaining hours in perfecting the work which he had given them to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-30

Chapter 31So Moses, chapter thirty-one, went and spoke these words to all Israel. And he said unto them, I am now a hundred and twenty years old today ( Deuteronomy 31:1-2 ).Happy birthday, dear Moses. One hundred and twenty years old. Ah, what a character, what a beautiful character this man is, one who walked with God in such an intimate way. He said,I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD had said unto me, You are to go over this Jordan ( Deuteronomy 31:2 ).I can't go with you; I... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 31:1-30

Deuteronomy 31:2 . I can no more go out and come in. Though Moses’s senses were in vigour, yet he felt the infirmities which admonish aged men to retire. Deuteronomy 31:7 . Moses called to Joshua, to encourage and strengthen him. This we should also do to younger men, though Joshua was now growing old. The elders must honour the magistrate and the minister, that the people may follow their example. Deuteronomy 31:10 . At the end of every seven years; when apprentices became free,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 31:14

Deuteronomy 31:14Thy days approach that thou must die.The approach of deathI. Those who live chiefly for this world try not to think of death, because they would like nothing better than to live on here forever. But the shutting of our eyes to the approach of death does not make him turn away from us, and therefore our wisest and safest course is to prepare for his coming, whether it be near or far off.II. Death does not occupy that place in the Word of God which it does occupy in that religion... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:14

Deu 31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 14. In the tabernacle, ] i.e., Before the door of it; and this was before the Lord himself. Deu 31:11 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 31:14

that thou must die: Deuteronomy 31:2, Deuteronomy 34:5, Numbers 27:13, Joshua 23:14, 2 Kings 1:4, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Isaiah 38:1 I may give: Deuteronomy 31:23, Numbers 27:19, Numbers 27:20, Acts 20:28-Obadiah :, 2 Timothy 4:1-Numbers : presented: Exodus 34:2, Joshua 24:1, 1 Samuel 10:19, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, Romans 12:1, Jude 1:24 Reciprocal: Genesis 47:29 - must die Exodus 6:13 - General Numbers 13:8 - Oshea Numbers 27:16 - set a man Deuteronomy 1:16 - charged Deuteronomy 1:38 - encourage him... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 31:14

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.Give him a charge — Immediately from myself for his greater encouragement, and to gain him more authority with the people. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 31:14

14. Call Joshua,… that I may give him a charge Moses and Joshua at the direction of Jehovah present themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that Joshua may be solemnly installed in the responsible position he is to occupy after the death of the great leader. Jehovah appears in the pillar of cloud which stood before the door of the tabernacle. At this solemn moment Moses is told that after his death the nation will abandon Jehovah for the gods of the heathen, and then the terrible... read more

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