John Trapp Complete Commentary
Deuteronomy 34:3
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.
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.
UNTO ZOAR - Compare Genesis 19:22....
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
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
SOUTH. the "Negeb". See note on Genesis 12:8; Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:3, &c....
_the South_ Heb. _the Negeb_, see on Deuteronomy 1:7. _the Plain_ Heb. _kikkar_, the root meaning of which, to judge from its use alike for a district, a loaf and a weight, must be _round_or _oval_. R...
_VER._ 1-3. _AND MOSES WENT UP FROM THE PLAINS OF MOAB,_ &C.— As soon as he had taken this solemn leave of his nation, Moses, according to the divine appointment, ch. Deuteronomy 32:49 retired private...
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...
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...
_AND ALL NAPHTALI, AND THE LAND OF EPHRAIM, AND MANASSEH, AND ALL THE LAND OF JUDAH, UNTO THE UTMOST SEA,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
34:3 plain (h-6) See Genesis 13:10 ....
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 18:2...
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...
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...
AND THE SOUTH — _i.e._, the _Negeb._ AND THE PLAIN — _i.e._, the plain of Jordan. THE VALLEY OF JERICHO. — The city of palm trees may or may not be identical with that place....
וְ אֶת ־הַ נֶּ֗גֶב וְֽ אֶת ־הַ...
MOSES' CHARACTER AND DEATH IT has been often said, and it has even become a principle of the critical school, that the historical notices in the earlier documents of the Old Testament represent nothin...
THE GREAT LEADER'S EXODUS Deuteronomy 34:1 What inimitable beauty in this closing scene! The majestic withdrawal of the illustrious Lawgiver in view of the assembled nation! The panorama that greeted...
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...
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...
_South part: the mountains of Judea. (Calmet) --- Trees. Jericho, (Haydock) or Engaddi. --- Segor was on the south of the Dead Sea. (Calmet)_...
Observe, it is said, that the LORD showed it to him. Yes! every view and every renewed view, as well as the first manifestations of divine favor flow from GOD'S grace, not our deserts. Hence Paul pray...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
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...
AND THE SOUTH,.... The southern part of the land, even all of it; and having shown him that, he is directed eastward to take a view of THE PLAIN OF THE VALLEY OF JERICHO; which lay before him, a deli...
_All Naphtali_ The land of Naphtali, which, together with Dan, was in the north of Canaan, as Ephraim and Manasseh were in the midland parts, and Judah on the south, and the sea on the west. So these...
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...
and the south, the plains beyond the Dead Sea, AND THE PLAIN OF THE VALLEY OF JERICHO, THE CITY OF PALM-TREES, for these grew in the lowlands of Jericho, UNTO ZOAR, at the extreme southern end of the...
MOSES DIES AND IS BURIED BY GOD...
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...
1-4 Moses seemed unwilling to leave his work; but that being finished, he manifested no unwillingness to die. God had declared that he should not enter Canaan. But the Lord also promised that Moses s...
i.e. The south quarter of thee land of Judah, which is towards the Salt Sea, which is described NUMBERS 34:3 JOSHUA 15:1, as the western quarter of Judah was described in the words next foregoing. _Th...
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...
Deuteronomy 34:3 South H5045 plain H3603 Valley H1237 Jericho H3405 city H5892 trees H8558 (H8677) H5899 Zoar
CHAPTER 34 THE DEATH OF MOSES. The book closes with a record of the death of its main source. As has been mentioned previously Moses is unlikely to have recorded it himself. That would have been put i...
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...
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...
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 Lord shewed him all the land._ UNREALISED VISIONS The great parable of Israel’s wanderings has one of its profoundest applications in the death of its two great leaders: men above all others en...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 34:1__ Moses dies and is buried on Mount Nebo, overlooking the Promised Land. ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 28:15; Genesis 14:2; Genesis 14:8; Genesis 19:22; Jud
The south — The south quarter of the land of Judah, which is towards the salt sea, the city of palm — trees — Jericho, so called from the multitude of palm — trees, which were in those parts, as Josep...