Deuteronomy 31:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Loth to part (we say) bids oft farewell. Moses does so to the children of Israel: not because he was loth to go to God, but because he was loth to leave them, fearing that when he had left them they would leave God. He had finished what he had to say to them by way of counsel and exhortation: here he calls them together to give them a word of encouragement, especially with reference to the wars of Canaan, in which they were now to engage. It was a discouragement to them that Moses was to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:2

And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day ,.... Whether the meaning is, that that day precisely was his birthday, is a question; it may be the sense is only this, that he was now arrived to such an age; though Jarchi takes it in the first sense, to which are objected his words in Deuteronomy 31:14 ; yet it seems by Deuteronomy 32:48 that having delivered to the children of Israel the song he was ordered this day to write, on the selfsame day he was bid to go... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 31:2

I am a hundred and twenty years old - The life of Moses, the great prophet of God and lawgiver of the Jews, was exactly the same in length as the time Noah employed in preaching righteousness to the antediluvian world. These one hundred and twenty years were divided into three remarkable periods: forty years he lived in Egypt, in Pharaoh's court, acquiring all the learning and wisdom of the Egyptians; (see Acts 7:20 , Acts 7:23 ;); forty years he sojourned in the land of Midian in a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 31:2

Verse 2 2And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old. Although Moses had been often proudly and disdainfully rejected, it could not but be the case, nevertheless, that his departure would both awaken the deepest sorrow, and inspire them with much alarm. By setting before them his age, therefore, he consoles their anxiety, and mitigates their grief; and also, by another reason, he represses their lamentations, i.e., that God had fixed his term of life. He adduces it, then, as an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-2

Moses the aged. I. A MAN MAY BE IN HEALTH AND VIGOR , YET PAST CAPACITY FOR A CERTAIN WORK . Moses' "eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated" ( Deuteronomy 34:7 ), yet he felt that he lacked the fire, the activity, the youthful energy, the elasticity of mind and body, which would have made him a suitable leader for Israel in the new period of her history. Greatness is tested by the magnanimity with which a man long used to power is able to lay it down... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-8

The leadership made over to Joshua. There is something wonderfully pathetic in the great leader, whose eye is yet undimmed, laying down his trust beside the Jordan. He is a hundred and twenty years old, but the Lord hath denied him the privilege of entering the land of promise. He now meekly resigns his command, and nominates Joshua as his successor. It might have discouraged the people, the loss of their great leader; but he points them upward to the Lord their God, who had been the real... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Putting off the harness. Faith in God anticipates every event without distress. If God's plan cut across the grain of our own inclination, faith inspires us to say," His plan is best." By virtue of a living faith, we can face death without anxiety, and advance to meet the last foe. We see in this passage— I. FAITH ACQUIESCENT IN BODILY DISSOLUTION . Splendid triumphs were in sight. The Jewish host was about to complete its conquest; just about to realize full success after... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-13

Last acts of Moses. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-13

A new generation receiving the heritage of the past. The closing scene of Moses' life is drawing nigh. The time is at hand when he and Israel must part, and the leadership must be undertaken by another. As far as can be done, two things have to be ensured—viz, the conservation of Israel's Law, and the conduct of the people to their goal. "God buries his ministers, but he carries on his work." Hence Moses first addresses all the people; then he turns to Joshua, confirming him as the future... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:2

I am an hundred and twenty years old this day. When Moses stood before Pharaoh he was eighty years old ( Exodus 7:7 ); since then forty years had elapsed during the wanderings in the wilderness. I can no more go out and come in ; I am no longer able to work among and for the nation as I have hitherto done (cf. Numbers 27:17 ). This does not conflict with the statement in Deuteronomy 34:7 , that up to the time of his death his eyes were not dim nor his natural strength abated, for... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 31:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 31:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 31:2

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