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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Deuteronomy 34:6

He, i.e. the Lord, last mentioned, buried him either immediately, or by the ministry of angels, whereof Michael was the chief or prince, Judges 1:9. No man knoweth of his sepulchre, i.e. of the particular place of the valley where he was buried; which God hid from the Israelites, to prevent their superstition and idolatry, to which he knew their great proneness. And for this very reason the devil endeavoured to have it known, and contended with Michael about it, Judges 1:9. And seeing God would not endure the worship of the relics or tomb of so eminent a person as Moses was, it is ridiculous to think God would permit this honour to be given to any of the succeeding saints, who were so far inferior to him.

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See also Deuteronomy 34:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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 honours; and God would...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. THE DEATH OF MOSES CHAPTER 34 _ 1. The death and burial of Moses (Deuteronomy 34:1)_ 2. The mourning of the people (Deuteronomy 34:8) 3. The conclusion of the book (Deuteronomy 34

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEUTERONOMY 34. THE DEATH OF MOSES ON MOUNT PISGAH ( JE). (Deuteronomy 34:1_ B _- Deuteronomy 34:6.) Deuteronomy 34:1. over against: lit. in front, _i.e._ E. Render, the land, t

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE BURIED HIM. Jehovah buried Moses. Said of no other. Hence, when raised for the Transfiguration, Satan, who has the power of death (Hebrews 2:14), "contended" with Michael about his body, Jude 1:9....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he buried He_can only be _Jehovah_, for _no man_knew the grave; hence the rendering _they buried_, though possible, so far as the grammar goes, is contrary to the sense. _the valley … Beth-peor_ See...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 6. _AND HE BURIED HIM,_ &C.— {_And one buried him. / And he was buried._} Houb. All the frivolous conceits of the rabbis and others are entirely overthrown by the translation here given; in whi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    SUMMARY OF CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Moses goes up to Mount Nebo to the top of Pisgah, and God shows him the whole extent of the land which he promised to give to the descendants of Abraham, 1-4. There Mose...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    F. THE DEATH OF MOSES (Deuteronomy 34:1-12) 1. MOSES SHOWN THE PROMISED LAND FROM MOUNT NEBO; DIES AND IS BURIED (Deuteronomy 34:1-8) And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE BURIED HIM IN A VALLEY IN THE LAND OF MOAB, OVER AGAINST BETHPEOR: BUT NO MAN KNOWETH OF HIS SEPULCHRE UNTO THIS DAY._ He buried him - or, impersonally, 'he was buried in a valley;' i:e., a r...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DEATH OF MOSES In obedience to the divine command (Deuteronomy 32:48) Moses ascends to the top of Mt. Nebo, whence he views the Land of Promise. Thereafter he dies and God buries him. No man know...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HE BURIED HIM] i.e. God buried him. This probably means no more than what is expressed in the second half of the v. that his sepulchre was never known. God alone knew where His servant was buried. Ful...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 34 V1 Then Moses climbed from the plains of Moab to *Mount Nebo. He went to the top of *Mount P...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE BURIED HIM. — Moses is alone in this honour. The Son of God was buried by sinful men. Moses was buried by Jehovah. BUT NO MAN KNOWETH OF HIS SEPULCHRE. — I have always believed that the content...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקְבֹּ֨ר אֹתֹ֤ו בַ † גַּיְ֙ בְּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here in all likelihood we have the writing of another hand. The section contains the story of the death of Moses, the equipment of Joshua for his work, with a last tender reference to the great leader...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    A PROPHET LIKE NONE OTHER Deuteronomy 34:1-12 It took the death of Moses to evoke the words which serve as our title today. Ironically, that death marks the beginning of Israel's path into the promi...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And (c) he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto (d) this day. (c) That is, the angel of the Lord, (Jude 1:9). (d) That the Jews...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    He buried him, viz., by the ministry of angels, and would have the place of his burial to be unknown, lest the Israelites, who were so prone to idolatry, might worship him with divine honours. (Challo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Concerning his burial, we have but a short account. But, short as it is, nothing can be more honourable. The LORD himself buried him, and no eye was privy to it. Probably to prevent any superstitious...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have now to consider a little the prohibition to which Moses was subjected, not to enter the land of promise. Moses, the man of God, might pronounce the blessings on Israel as in the land; but he h...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. Ver. 6. _And he buried him._] Either the Lord or Michael. Jdg 1:9 There li...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And he_ That is, the Lord, the immediate and only antecedent to the pronoun _he; buried him_ Using, no doubt, the ministry of angels for this purpose. Some, indeed, who are of opinion that there was...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses from Mount Nebo vieweth the lande. 5 He dieth there. 6 His buriall. 7 His age. 8 Thirty dayes mourning for him. 9 Ioshua succeedeth him. 10 The praise of Moses. 1 AND Moses went vp from...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    MOSES DIES AND IS BURIED BY GOD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he, the Lord, BURIED HIM IN A VALLEY IN THE LAND OF MOAB, OVER AGAINST BETH-PEOR, in some mountain valley not far from Nebo; BUT NO MAN KNOWETH OF HIS SEPULCHER UNTO THIS DAY, its exact location w...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF MOSES (vs.1-12) Thus Moses has given his last message to Israel, so that this chapter is necessarily penned by a different writer. Moses, fully aware that he would die on Moun...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-8 Moses obeyed this command of God as willingly as any other, though it seemed harder. In this he resembled our Lord Jesus Christ. But he died in honour, in peace, and in the most easy manner; the...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This brief chapter forms an inspired postscript to the book of Deuteronomy. We are not told who was employed as the instrument in the hand of the inspiring Spirit; but this is a matter of no moment to...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 34:6 buried H6912 (H8799) valley H1516 land H776 Moab H4124 opposite H4136 Peor H1047 one H376 know

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Deuteronomy 34:6 We shall take the account of the death and burial of Moses, and seek to show how it was fitted to be a source of fruitful reflection to the Old Testament Church. I. God will have no...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Deuteronomy 34:5 The great feature of the record contained in the words before us is the incompleteness of the life of Moses. He died before the people entered the land. This fact suggests two truths:...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Deuteronomy 34:1 The death of Moses is a twofold parable: I. Of the unrealised hopes of human life, the frequent disappointments, the unfulfilled purposes, which so often characterise it, and which...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Vision and death of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Those may leave this world with cheerfulness who have known God face to face through His Son, and who have had the vi...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 34:1. _Moses went up to the top of Pisgah._ The Jews with general consent admit, that this chapter was written or copied into the text by Ezra, the ready scribe, a prophet and doctor of th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He buried him, but no man knoweth of his sepulchre._ THE BURIAL OF MOSES I. God will have no one, living or dead, to stand between His creatures and Himself. II. God wishes men to see something mo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 34:1__ Moses dies and is buried on Mount Nebo, overlooking the Promised Land. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 34:6 HE BURIED HIM. Moses is buried by God himself outside Canaan. BETH-PEOR. See “Baal of Peor” ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—This chapter, written after death of Moses, once formed an introduction to book of Joshua. Deuteronomy 34:1. Hoses ascends Nebo. Pisgah height, of which Nebo a peak; from which extensi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DEATH, BURIAL, AND ENCOMIUM OF MOSES. After blessing the people, Moses, in obedience to the Divine command, ascended Mount Nebo, the highest peak of the Pisgah range, and thence surveyed...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter thirty-four. And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, clear unt...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jude 1:9...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He — The Lord, buried him either immediately, or by the ministry of angels, whereof Michael was the chief or prince. Of his sepulchre — Of the particular place where he was buried: which God hid from...

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