DAN is used to indicate the extreme N., as in the phrase 'from Dan to
Beersheba,' though it was not till the time of the Judges that the
Danites settled in that district: see Judges 18:28; Judges 18:29. The
UTMOST SEA (lit. 'hinder, i.e. western, sea': see on Deuteronomy
11:24) is the Mediterranean.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 knows of his sepulcher.... [ Continue Reading ]
It is implied here that Moses was alone. But Josephus says that he was
accompanied to the top of the hill by 'the senate, and Eleazar, and
Joshua.' After viewing the land Moses dismissed the senate, and 'as he
was about to embrace Eleazar and Joshua was still discoursing with
them a cloud stood over... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Fuller
quaintly says that God not only buried Moses, but buried his sepulchre
also lest it should becom... [ Continue Reading ]
The usual period of mourning seems to have been thirty days: see
Numbers 20:29; Genesis 50:3, and cp. Deuteronomy 21:13. Of these the
first seven were more stringently observed: see Genesis 50:10. In
addition to the natural manifestations of grief, mourning in the East
was, and still is, accompanied... [ Continue Reading ]
'God buries the workman but carries on the work.' See on Numbers
27:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
R V 'There hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses':
cp. Numbers 12:6. The words point to a time considerably later than
the death of Moses (cp. Deuteronomy 34:6, 'unto this day'), when his
real greatness could be appreciated and his superiority to all the
great prophets and leader... [ Continue Reading ]