Deuteronomy 34:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:1

Dan - This can hardly be the Dan (Dan-Laish) of Judges 18:27 ff, which was not in Gilead. It is probably a town of this name which stood in the north of Peraea; perhaps the same as Dan-jaan, 2 Samuel 24:6; and the Dan of Genesis 14:14. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 34:1

Deuteronomy 34:1. Moses went up When he knew the place of his death, he cheerfully mounted the hill to come to it. Those who are well acquainted with another world, are not afraid to leave this. When God’s servants are sent for out of the world, the summons runs, “Go up and die!” From the plains of Moab In which was their last station before they entered into Canaan, Numbers 33:48. To the top of Pisgah Which appears to have been the highest top of these mountains. And from hence God... 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 34:1

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. Compare App-4 . shewed him = caused him to see. Compare Matthew 4:8 . Luke 4:5 . Dan. Compare Genesis 14:14 . Not Judges 18:29 . 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

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