Deuteronomy 34:6

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 34:6

He buried him - It is probable that the reason why Moses was buried thus privately was, lest the Israelites, prone to idolatry, should pay him Divine honors; and God would not have the body of his faithful servant abused in this way. Almost all the gods of antiquity were defiled men, great lawgivers, eminent statesmen, or victorious generals. See the account of the life of Moses at the end of this chapter, Deuteronomy 34:10 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-8

The calm sunset of an eventful day. A man's death is in keeping with a man's life. You cannot have a tropical sunset in an arctic zone. It is vain to live the life of the voluptuous, and desire "the death of the righteous." Enoch's death corresponded with Enoch's life. The spirit of Elijah was characterized by heavenly fire: he ruled men with burning words of truth; it was, therefore, meet that he should depart as a king, "in a chariot of flame." Our Lord's whole life was a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-9

The last journey. (For other aspects of the death of Moses, see Homily on Deuteronomy 32:48-52 .) We have come at last to the closing scene. It is evidently recorded by other hands; for "Dan" ( Deuteronomy 34:2 ) did not exist by that name till a much later period (see Judy. Deuteronomy 18:1 , 27-29). Deuteronomy 34:10-12 indicate, moreover, a period later still; very possibly, it may have been as far on as the time of Ezra when those verses were added. And whoever will make use of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:1-12

The death and burial of Moses. We have in this concluding chapter the remarkable account of the death and burial of Moses. He had, as we have seen, blessed the tribes; he had laid his hands on Joshua (verse 9), and thus ordained him, so to speak, to the leadership; he had given his manuscripts to the priests to be deposited in the ark; and now all that remains for him to do is to take the course God indicated to the mountain-top, see the Promised Land, and die. It has suggested some noble... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5-6

Moses' death and burial. Lessons from it— I. GOD WILL HAVE NO ONE , LIVING OR DEAD , TO STAND BETWEEN HIS CREATURES AND HIMSELF . "He dies apart, and is buried in secret, where his grave can be dishonored by no pilgrimage, and where no false veneration can rear altars to his memory." II. GOD WISHES MEN TO SEE SOMETHING MORE LEFT OF HIS SERVANTS THAN THE OUTWARD SHRINE . They had the life and words of Moses, which his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:6

The valley in which God is supposed to have buried Moses was probably some depression on the Pisgah range, upon or close by Nebo. The rabbins say that Moses was buried by retiring into a cavern, where he died and where his body remained. It is probable that, like Enoch and Elijah, he was transferred to the invisible world without seeing corruption. Hence his appearance along with Elijah in bodily form on the Mount of the Transfiguration; and hence also, perhaps, the tradition of the contest... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 34:6

No man knoweth of his sepulchre - Hardly, lest the grave of Moses should become an object of superstitious honor, because the Jews were not prone to this particular fore of error. Bearing in mind the appearance of Moses at the Transfiguration Matthew 17:1-10, and what is said by Jude Jude 1:9, we may conjecture that Moses after death passed into the same state with Enoch and Elijah; and that his grave could not be found because he was shortly translated (transported) from it. read more

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