And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that [is] over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, Ver. 1. _And Moses went up._] With as good a will to die, as ever he did to dine; for it was but (as that martyr said)... [ Continue Reading ]
And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, Ver. 2. _Unto the utmost sea._] The Mediterranean.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. Ver. 3. _The city of palm trees._] So called even by heathen authors also.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto him, This [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 see [it] with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. Ver. 4. _I have caused thee to see it._] By an extraordinary power, for in... [ Continue Reading ]
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. Ver. 5. _So Moses the servant of the Lord died._] It was no more between God and Moses, but Go up and die; he changed indeed his place, but not his company; death was to him but the daybreak of etern... [ Continue Reading ]
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 lies the body of Moses as in a chamber of rest, or bed of down. Isa 57:2 His very dust being precious;... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses [was] an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Ver. 7. Nor his natural force _a_ abated.] Jerome reads it, Nor his teeth loosed. And the use of manna might be some reason, it being an exquisitely pure kind of food, of an aerial, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended. Ver. 8. _And the children of Israel wept._] And were ready to wish, likely, as the Romans did for Augustus, that either he had never been born, or never died. _... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. Ver. 9. _And Joshua the son of Nun._] _Sic uno avulso, non deficit alter Aureus._ The Duke of Florence gave for his... [ Continue Reading ]
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, Ver. 10. _And there arose not._] This testimony, and indeed this whole chapter, is thought to have been added by Joshua or Eleazar, being divinely inspired, for the completing of the history, famous thro... [ Continue Reading ]
In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, Ver. 11. _In all the signs._] Here endeth the Pentateuch, which comprehendeth the history of 2552 years and a half, from the beginning of the world; and is... [ Continue Reading ]
And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel. Ver. 12. _See Trapp on "_ Deu 34:11 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]