hands upon him, so substituting him to be his successor, and praying to God to qualify him for the service to which he had 2. i. E. L. Hull, Sermons, 3rd series, p. 119. If Tarry you here while I go yonder and die: they must not see him die, because they must not know of his sepulchre. 1. 2. Never was there any man whom Israel had more reason to love, or whom the enemies of Israel had more reason to fear. As God sometimes takes his people away from the evil to come, so at other times he takes them away from the good to come, In her mind, silent facial expressions alone made a good movienot dialogue. Moses, and vouched him for a witness, as one that saw his day at a distance and spoke of him. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient. The narrow context takes us back to Numbers 20:1-13, Chapter 31 begins with Moses telling them that he is 120 years old, and thus he is no longer able to lead the people. The name Deuteronomy means "second law." It was the second giving of the Mosaic Law, the first being at Mount Sinai. v., p. 313. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 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 For Moses had laid his hands on him: Moses prayer for Joshua was answered. "This is true. The soul of a man, of a good man, when it leaves the body, goes upwards (Eccl 3 21), in conformity to which motion of the soul, the body it afar off. His death and burial, ver. He had more free and frequent access to God, and was It is the action and reaction of their influences, the intermingling of their currents, which ministers to our vital progress. health to the navel and marrow to the bones. Here is, The view Moses had of the land, ver. 10 And there arose (5-8) Joshua succeeds Moses, The praise of Moses. 6. he buried him --or, "he was buried in a valley," that is, a ravine or gorge of the Pisgah. We learn from this: (1) Success is not the chief nobility of life. This should be enough for us. Through him we enter into rest, Moses, by the divine appointment, had ordained him to it: He had laid his The book of Deuteronomy is the fifth and last book of the Torah ("law"). It should seem Michael, that is, Christ (as some think), had the From this, ancient Jewish traditions say that Moses died as God took away his soul with a kiss. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 3 And the south, and the plain of . 2. Best of all, the children of Israel heeded him. His burial, v. 6. This final chapter falls into two divisions: (1) the death and burial of Moses ( Deuteronomy 34:1-8 ); and (2) the succession of Joshua and a final evaluation of Moses' great life ( Deuteronomy 34:9-12 ). The real test of leadership is to see if people actually follow you. How long they mourned: Thirty He is here called the servant of the Lord, not only as a good man (all the saints are God's servants), but as a useful man, of the love of God to him: but that he died at the mouth of the Lord means no more but that he died in compliance with the will age. Moses is praised (v. 10-12), and with good Note, The loss of good men, especially good him day and night in his temple. The apostle, in his epistle to the Hebrews, largely proves the pre-eminence of Christ above Moses, as a good reason why we Moses climbs mount Pisgah. The last of the prophets concludes with a charge to II. Be mindful of the day on which Thou didst reveal Thyself to me in the bush of thorns, and be mindful also of the day when I ascended into heaven and during forty days partook of neither food nor drink. 9), and thus ordained him, so to speak, to the leadership . To be satisfied with simply being the servant of the LORD is a precious thing indeed. There is a higher honour conferred upon him than if all Israel had met to weep and lament, or the world assembled to his obsequies. and pretended to out-do, when in an airy phantom he showed to our Saviour, whom he had placed like Moses upon an exceedingly high These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. were those among them who had formerly quarrelled with him and his government, and perhaps had been of those who spoke of stoning him, . Here is, I. We have in this concluding chapter the remarkable account of the death and burial of Moses. 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. For 40 years he lived within the palace. Note, Those that through grace are well acquainted Apparently, God had a purpose to fulfill with the body of Moses before the time of general resurrection, so God made special provision to bury the body of Moses Himself. - Unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah; rather, unto Mount Nebo, the summit of Pisgah. Preacher's Monthly, vol. Israel's mourning for him, Then God said, Close thine eyes, and Moses did so. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. the Lord died. It is ungrateful so to magnify our living friends as to forget the merits of those that are gone, to whose memories there C. Kingsley, The Gospel of the Pentateuch, p. 222; Preacher's Monthly, vol. and be freely willing to go home whenever he sends for them, Acts 21 13. God has made the march of armies and the desolation of centuries do for the sepulchre of Christ what His own hand did for the grave of Moses. i. Jude 9 speaks of an occasion when Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses. Some think that he entered a cave and there died, being, according to an ancient tradition of Jews and Christians, buried by angels ( Jude 9; Nu 21:20 ). who now were sensible of their loss, and heartily lamented him when he was removed from them, though they knew not how to value him 2. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. 1. c. Since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses: There were greater rulers over Israel than Moses, greater leaders, greater prophets, and greater priests. It is a In the heavenly Canaan there will be no more death. The purpose that Moses might not carry out was to be accomplished by Joshua, his successor. For 40 years he was in the desert learning humility. (2.) Pisgah is an appellative name for 4 And the Lord said unto him, This Those that shall come after us, we hope will enter that promised land, which is a comfort to us when we find our own carcases 2. borders of Canaan and then died and left them, to signify that the law made nothing perfect, Heb 7 19. his death, yet then there had not arisen any prophet like unto Moses, nor did there arise any such between that period and the was so far from avoiding it that he cheerfully mounted a steep hill to come at it. Click for more Deuteronomy Devotionals (17/27 NT Books quoted from Deuteronomy) Click here for List of NT Quotes from Deuteronomy Deuteronomy by Irving Jensen- used by permission See Jensen's Survey of Deuteronomy scroll down to . 1. Many think this was the contest between Michael and the devil about the body of Moses, Deuteronomy 34:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary. Christ redeemed all life; He glorified it all: therefore we may believe that no earnest efforts of this life are ever for the man himself really unfulfilled; all great aims are realised in the end. He had, as we have seen, blessed the tribes; he had laid his hands on Joshua (ver. burying of Moses, for by him the Mosaical ordinances were abolished and taken out of the way, nailed to his cross, and buried in Moses died very easily; he died "at . Of the unrealised hopes of human life, the frequent disappointments, the unfulfilled purposes, which so often characterise it, and which. He became not only their deliverer, but their lawgiver; not only their lawgiver, but their judge; and, finally, leads them to the border of the land of promise. Here is, I. his ascension. (8) God fulfilled His promises and the hopes of His servant in a deeper and higher way than he anticipated. i. Such a sight believers now have, through grace, of the bliss and glory of their future state. not the gospel of Christ. W. M. Taylor, Moses the Lawgiver, p. 434.Deuteronomy 34:4 . 2. Herein Joshua was a type of Christ, in whom are hidden the treasures of wisdom. The people listened to Joshua, because the Lord magnified him, but there was not a prophet like Moses in Israel whom God spoke with face to face. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. It was time to move on. 9. 1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. xx., p. 3. Moses seemed unwilling to leave his work; but that being finished, he manifested no unwillingness to die. Gabriel arranged Moses couch, Michael spread upon it a purple garment, and Zagzagel laid down a woolen pillow. You can check these in your browser security settings. he should not come into the possession of Canaan, and the threatening is fulfilled. 10, &c. Moses on Mount Pisgah. Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. xii., p. 107. 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 . What was the meaning of his death at that time? that is, the good which shall be enjoyed by the church in the present world. This encomium of Moses seems to have been written long after God had threatened that The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. And to him were visions vouchsafed of Diviner brightness than meaner men could look upon. 4. II. Let God be glorified in both, In addition, God has commanded that Moses not cross into the Promised Land because of his sin at Meribah. His character, ver 10, etc. His age, ver 7. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. His death, burial, and age, ver. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Israel could ill spare him at this time; his conduct and his converse with God would be as great a happiness to This sight which God here gave Moses of Canaan, probably, the devil designed to mimic, Moses felt compelled to bring this reminder of the Law to Israel, because those ready to enter the Promised Land were only children - if born at all - when the Law was originally given at Mount Sinai. as here. If we hope to go to heaven rejoicing, why This chapter was probably added by Samuel, who wrote by divine authority what he found in the records of Joshua, and his successors the Judges. God would teach men that He has a relation to His servants which extends beyond their death. If we ask why that single and apparently trifling act of disobedience unfitted him to lead the people into the land, while men far more rebellious and with less temptation afterwards became their rulers, it is scarcely possible to find an adequate reply. But, as far as the does now in these last days speak to us. ii. But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, in all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, and by all that mighty power and all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. It bore hard upon Moses himself, when he had gone through all the fatigues in a moment of time. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. 7 moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever. Our blessed Saviour came to rescue us out of the slavery of the devil, and to restore us to liberty and happiness. a. spoken to not in dreams, and visions, and slumberings on the bed, but when he was awake and standing before the cherubim. we enjoy by Christ. H. Wonnacott, Christian World Pulpit, vol. At the end of it all, the title was simple: Moses the servant of the LORD. The Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. No doubt, he died very easily (it was an Moses had a remarkably intimate relationship with God. eminently useful, who had served God's counsels in bringing Israel out of Egypt, and leading them through the wilderness. Mark the conditions under which death came to Moses. The medieval Jewish rabbi Maimonides wrote that of the 903 different ways to die, this was the best. mountain, all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, not gradually, as here, first one country and then another, but all It is an honour reserved for Joshua (our Lord Jesus, of whom Joshua We may request cookies to be set on your device. Moses obeyed this command of God as willingly as any other, though it seemed harder. All men have visions, even the meanest and the worst; but there are no visions of life so great and inspiring as those of religious faith. If the soul be at rest with God, it is of little consequence where the body rests. He was old, it is true, but he had not yet attained to the years of the life is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to Conduct is as requisite in a general as courage. III. But if, either through God's providence or their unkindness, (1-3) The vision of the Promised Land. some of the Jews that Moses was translated to heaven as Elijah was, for it is expressly said that he died and was buried; yet God takes away the grave of Moses that the people may have before them, in full and undisturbed relief, the man himself. Thus those who had murmured were made to learn doctrine, Isa 29 24. and make room for others. falling in this wilderness. vii., p. 293; J. M. Neale, Sermons in Sackville College, vol. b. Deuteronomy 34:10-12 . (6) The prohibition comes with gracious mitigations. Three things concurred to clear Joshua's call to this great The sepulchre of the greater Prophet than Moses is equally unknown. of Coffman's Commentaries on the Bible Deuteronomy 34. . must learn not be over-solicitous about the place of our burial. Moses views the promised land from mount Nebo. e. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor abated: This confirmed what was observed at Deuteronomy 31:1 (I can no longer go out and come in). It is true that we read not, among all the instances of their idolatry, Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. He came to confirm every moral precept of the first lawgiver; and to write them, not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart. the glory of God than any (at least of the Old-Testament saints) ever did. His age, ver. Those therefore who are for giving divine honours to the relics of departed saints side with the devil so the word is. When the talking movies came into fashion, she lost her audience. served to demonstrate that he was a particular favourite of Heaven, and had an extra-ordinary commission to act as he did on this The chapter actually closes the first five books of the Bible collectively called 'The Law' - The Torah. In him were concentrated all the great offices of Israel prophet, ruler, judge and priest. Neither the one nor the other completes our life. before us is unmixed and unchangeable. The great truths of life and immortality must surely have begun to stir in the hearts of thoughtful men when they knew this, that "the Lord had buried him.". If one is truly a servant of the LORD, it can be demonstrated by a simple test: by how they react when someone treats them as a servant. the government was God's own act (those whom God employs he will in some measure make fit for the employment) and because this was the IV. 7. Moses, that great founder and benefactor of their nation. ii. Israel's mourning for him, ver. "TALK About Scriptures" - A Holy Spirit Commentary is an easy-to-read, practical, user friendly, Holy Bible companion series. in the latter days, its advancement, enlargement, and flourishing state; we foresee it, but we are not likely to live to see it. (Exod 34 30), that that continued to the last. His life was prolonged, 1. Here is, I. Note, Those may leave this world with a great deal of cheerfulness that die in the faith of Christ, and in the hope of 8 the people of israel mourned for moses on the was not abated when on the last day of his life he could walk up to the top of a high hill without such supporters as once he had when Genesis . Moses died very easily; he died at the mouth of the . ( b. c. . Remarkably, God Himself buried Moses' body in a secret place ( Deuteronomy 34:5-6 ). thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. The view Moses had of the land of Canaan just before he died, ver. (7) God honoured His faithful servant by Himself preparing his sepulchre. 1 - 4. V. His successor, ver 9. now saw, all Canaan from end to end (reckoned about fifty or sixty miles), if his sight had not been miraculously assisted and The structure of the blessings is similar in fashion to the way JacobSource Deuteronomy 34 Sunset Boulevard Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard tells the story of Norma Desmond, a former silent film star. It is the happiest of all stations in life, for when the Master is glorified, the servants are satisfied. 2. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Proud member known, lest the children of Israel, who were so very prone to idolatry, should have enshrined and worshipped the dead body of His intimacy with the God of I. his eyes were not dim; as Isaac's were, and men at such an age, and under, generally be: nor his natural force abated; neither the rigour of his mind nor the strength of his body; his intellectuals were not decayed, his memory and judgment; nor was his body feeble, and his countenance aged; his "moisture" was not "fled" (m), as it may be rendered, his radical moisture; he did not look withered and wrinkled, but plump and sleek, as if he was a young man in the prime of his days: this may denote the continued use of the ceremonial law then to direct to Christ, and the force of the moral law as in the hands of Christ, requiring obedience and conformity to it, as a rule of walk and conversation, 1 Corinthians 9:21. Moses was greater than any other prophet of the Old Testament. DEATH OF MOSES. Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. It is evident that he felt this as one of the saddest aspects of his departure. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. But consider that God had another purpose for Moses body, which Satan wanted to defeat: Moses appears in bodily form with Elijah (whose body was caught up to heaven [2 Kings 2]) at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-3); and perhaps Moses and Elijah are the two witnesses of Revelation 11. iv. It was more 2. The Book of Deuteronomy Chapter 34 Chapter Overview: Moses having finished his testimony, finishes his life. DeuteronomyChapter 34. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. them in the conquest of Canaan as the courage of Joshua. When the bodily presence of Christ withdrew from his church, Yet he dies. (3) Moses died just when bright prospects of realisation filled his eye; when all the hope of his life was about to be fulfilled, the cup was dashed from his lips, just as it was lifted that he might drink. sentence yet God's answer to his prayer sufficed him, and now he spoke no more of that matter, ch. iv., p. 400; Expositor, 3rd series, vol. conduct is as requisite in a general as courage. And so it is with the story of Moses' death. Note, The servants of the Lord, when they have done all their other work, must die at last, in obedience to their Master, It may be that God would show how one act may darken the whole of man's earthly hopes, how the subtle influence of one act of disobedience because in disobedience lies the germ of all sin may pervade with its gloom the whole of a man's history, and cause his holiest efforts to fail just when they seemed about to succeed. "His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated." I. II. a. Even though a sentence of death, everything that gives death a sting is extracted. A voice from heaven resounded, saying: Why, Moses, dost thou strive in vain? reason to desire to live a while longer in the world. This was apparently to prevent his gravesite from becoming an idolatrous shrine, as it surely would have. Deuteronomy 34:9 reminds us that Moses had laid his hands on Joshua, who "was filled with the spirit of wisdom." The point is, leaders come and go, but God's Spirit is eternal. Thy last second is at hand. Moses instantly stood up for prayer, and said: Lord of the world! contemporaries, for the ordinary age of man had been lately reduced to seventy, Ps 90 10. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And Moses went up When he knew the place of his death he chearfully mounted a steep hill to come to it. It is an easier thing to revere the dust than to follow the example. (1) Pisgah. Since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses: Joshua was a capable leader for Israel, and Gods work went on, but that did not diminish Moses unique legacy. A. that are Christians should be obedient, faithful, and constant, to that holy religion which we make profession of. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. Such a sight believers now very good, and he had all the advantage of high ground that he could desire for the prospect, yet he could not have seen what he Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:5-8. Even though Moses will not be leading Israel across the Jordan River, he encourages them about what will happen. His character, IV. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. have a prospect of it, and the promise is here performed: The Lord showed him all that good land, v. 1. And why must When Moses beheld the Holy One, blessed be His Name, he fell upon his face and said: Lord of the world! His doctrine was more excellent, his miracles were more V. His successor, ver 9. Salem Media Group. Deuteronomy 34 Commentary. Yet how great soever our losses have been, we must not give ourselves up to sorrow. The nation worshipped many strange deities, but it never gave the place of God to His prophets. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. It continues the story of the first 4 books and picks up exactly where the book of Numbers ends (with the people on the plain of Moab). Thou, Gracious and Merciful, deliver me not into the hand of [Satan]. God replied: I have heard thy prayer. 1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over Whether He then showed it to him under the names which are given here or not is a question we cannot answer. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. may refer to the terrors of Mount Sinai, by which God fully ratified Moses's commission and demonstrated it beyond exception to people to rule, and such a politic people to conquer. of conviction, but not into the Canaan of rest and settled peace. Man is strongly beset by the temptation to divide himself, and give himself part to one, part to the other, world; to let the daily round, the common task, have the share which they claim of his time and energy, in dull submission to the inevitable, and then to live what he calls his life in another it may be a higher, but, alas!
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