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 ]