DAN - This can hardly be the Dan (Dan-Laish) of Judges 18:27 ff, which was not in Gilead. It is probably a town of this name which stood in the north of Peraea; perhaps the same as Dan-jaan, 2 Samuel 24:6; and the Dan of Genesis 14:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO ZOAR - Compare Genesis 19:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE CAUSED THEE TO SEE IT - The sight thus afforded to Moses, like that of “all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time” Luke 4:5, was no doubt supernatural.... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD - It denotes that Moses died, not because his vital powers were exhausted, but by the sentence of God, and as a punishment for his sin. Compare Deuteronomy 32:51.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 appearance of Moses at the Transfiguration Matthew 17:1, and what is said by Jude Jude 1:9, we may c... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT OF WISDOM - The practical wisdom of the ruler is especially meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE AROSE NOT A PROPHET SINCE IN ISRAEL - Words like these can only have been written some time, but not necessarily a long time, after the death of Moses. They refer more particularly to the wonders performed by the hand of Moses at the exodus and in the desert; and do but re-echo the declaration... [ Continue Reading ]