Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 34:4
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.
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.
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
SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 2:9. I SWARE. See Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:17. and compare Deuteronomy 3:27. unto Abra
_the land which I sware_, etc.] As Exodus 33:1, see above on Deuteronomy 1:8. _thou shalt not go over thither_ Deuteronomy 1:37; D
_VER._ 4. _AND THE LORD SAID—THIS IS THE LAND,_ &C.— As much as to say, "Let the view I have now given you, fill you with a comfortable sense and assurance how faithful I will be to my promise, in bes...
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...
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...
_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....
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...
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. — “That thou mayest go and say to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו זֹ֤את הָ אָ֨רֶץ֙
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...
This land, which has been just described, is what God chiefly promised to the Patriarchs, comprising the countries on the east, as well as those on the western side of the Jordan. (Haydock) --- To it....
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...
_THE DEATH OF MOSES_ ‘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 thin...
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 LORD SAID UNTO HIM,.... The Word of the Lord, as the Jerusalem Targum, having shown him all the land of Canaan: THIS [IS] THE LAND WHICH I SWARE UNTO ABRAHAM, UNTO ISAAC, AND UNTO JACOB, SAYI...
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 sh...
_I have caused thee to see it_ For though his sight was good, yet he could not have seen all Canaan, a hundred and sixty miles in length, and fifty or sixty in breadth, if his sight had not been mirac...
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 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, Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 28:13; I HAVE CAUSED 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...
WITH THINE EYES, to wit, by a miraculous power strengthening thy sight, or making a clear representation of all these parts to thy view....
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 34:4 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) land H776 swore H7650 (H8738) Abraham H85 Isaac H3327 Jacob...
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. ⇐...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 34:4 THE LAND OF WHICH I SWORE. See Deuteronomy 1:7....
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...
Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 3:27; Deuteronomy 32:52; Genesis 12:7;...
I have caused thee to see it — For tho' his sight was good, yet he could not have seen all Canaan, an hundred and sixty miles in length, and fifty or sixty in breadth, if his sight had not been miracu...