Deuteronomy 34:1-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-4

Here is, I. Moses climbing upwards towards heaven, as high as the top of Pisgah, there to die; for that was the place appointed, Deut. 32:49, 50. Israel lay encamped upon the flat grounds in the plains of Moab, and thence he went up, according to order, to the mountain of Nebo, to the highest point or ridge of that mountain, which was called Pisgah, Deut. 34:1. Pisgah is an appellative name for all such eminences. It should seem, Moses went up alone to the top of Pisgah, alone without help?a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5-8

Here is, I. The death of Moses (Deut. 34:5): Moses the servant of the Lord died. God told him he must not go over Jordan, and, though at first he prayed earnestly for the reversing of the sentence yet God's answer to his prayer sufficed him, and now he spoke no more of that matter, Deut. 3:26. Thus our blessed Saviour prayed that the cup might pass from him, yet, since it might not, he acquiesced with, Father, thy will be done. Moses had reason to desire to live a while longer in the world. He... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:9-12

We have here a very honourable encomium passed both on Moses and Joshua; each has his praise, and should have. It is ungrateful so to magnify our living friends as to forget the merits of those that are gone, to whose memories there is a debt of honour due: all the respect must not be paid to the rising sun; and, on the other hand, it is unjust so to cry up the merits of those that are gone as to despise the benefit we have in those that survive and succeed them. Let God be glorified in both,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab ,.... Where the Israelites had lain encamped for some time, and where Moses had repeated to them the law, and all that, is contained in this book of Deuteronomy; and after he had read to them the song in Deuteronomy 32:1 ; and had blessed the several tribes, as in the preceding chapter: at the command of God he went up from hence: unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho ; Nebo was one of the mountains of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:2

And all Naphtali ,.... Which lay in the northern part of the land, and where was Galilee of the Gentiles, and so he had a sight of all that country most frequented by the Messiah when come, see Matthew 4:13 , and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh : which lay in the midland part of the country: and all the land of Judah ; which lay to the south: unto the utmost sea ; the Mediterranean sea, which was the western boundary of the land, called the "hinder sea", Zechariah 14:8 ; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:3

And the south ,.... The southern part of the land, even all of it; and having shown him that, he is directed eastward to take a view of the plain of the valley of Jericho ; which lay before him, a delightful plain; see Joshua 5:10 , the city of palm trees ; so Jericho was called, because of the multitude of palm trees which grew there, and which Josephus not only testifies F18 De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 18. sect. 5. & l. 4. c. 8. sect. 2. , who speaks of it as a plain planted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:4

And the Lord said unto him ,.... The Word of the Lord, as the Jerusalem Targum, having shown him all the land of Canaan: this is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed ; to Abraham, Genesis 15:18 ; to Isaac, Genesis 26:3 ; to Jacob, Genesis 28:13 , I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes ; not only had indulged him with a general view of it, but had strengthened his eyesight, that he had a full, clear, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab ,.... Which formerly belonged to Moab, and was taken from them by Sihon king of the Amorites, and now in the possession of Israel: here on a mountain in this land Moses died; and yet, contrary to the express words of this text, some Jewish writers affirm F23 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 13. 2. Yalkut & R. Abraham Seba in Tzeror Hammor in loc. that be died not, but was translated to heaven, where he ministers; yea, that he was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:6

And he buried him ,.... Aben Ezra says he buried himself, going into a cave on the top of the mount, where he expired, and so where he died his grave was; but though he died on the mount, he was buried in a valley: Jarchi and so other Jewish writers F4 Misn. Sotah, c. 1. sect. 9. Pirke Eliezer, c. 17. say, the Lord buried him; it may be by the ministry of angels: an Arabic writer says F5 Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 32. , he was buried by angels: it is very probable he was buried... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:7

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died ,.... Which age of his may be divided into three equal periods, forty years in Pharaoh's court, forty years in Midian, and forty in the care and government of Israel, in Egypt and in the wilderness; so long he lived, though the common age of man in his time was but threescore years and ten, Psalm 90:10 ; and what is most extraordinary is: his eyes were not dim ; as Isaac's were, and men at such an age, and under, generally... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:9-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:7

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