Deuteronomy 34:12

_AND THERE AROSE NOT A PROPHET SINCE IN ISRAEL LIKE UNTO MOSES, WHOM THE LORD KNEW FACE TO FACE,_ There arose not a prophet since. In whatever light we view this extraordinary man, the eulogy pronounced in these inspired words will appear just. No Hebrew prophet or ruler equalled him in character, official dignity, as well as knowledge of God's will, and opportunities of announcing it. (from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft)...

9-12 Moses brought Israel to the borders of Canaan, and then died and left them. This signifies that the law made nothing perfect, Hebrews 7:19 It brings men into a wilderness of conviction, but not into the Canaan of rest and settled peace. That honour was reserved for Joshua, our Lord Jesus, of whom Joshua was a type, (and the name is the same,) to do that for us which the law could not do, Romans 8:3. Through him we enter into the spiritual rest of conscience, and eternal rest in heaven. Moses was greater than any other prophet of the Old Testament. But our Lord Jesus went beyond him, far more than the other prophets came short of him. And see a strong resemblance between the redeemer of the children of Israel and the Redeemer of mankind. Moses was sent by God, to deliver the Israelites form a cruel bondage; he led t...

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES WE have now passed through the Pentateuch, and have endeavoured carefully to mark its important contents. Its _antiquity_ sets it at the head of all the writings in the world; and the various subjects it embraces make it of the utmost consequence to every civilized part of the earth. Its _philosophy, jurisprudence_, _history, geography_, and _chronology_, entitle it to the respect of the whole human race; while its system of _theology_ and _religion_ demonstrably prove it to be a revelation from GOD. But on these topics, as many observations have already been made as the nature of a commentary professing to study brevity can possibly admit. Of MOSES, the writer of the Pentateuch, considered as a _historian_ and _philosopher_, a great deal has been said in the course of the notes on the book of GENESIS; a

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 the whole land of Canaan, from north to south, and from east to west, as well as the district on the east of the Jordan, not included in Canaan proper. DEUTERONOMY 34:1 UNTO THE MOUNTAIN OF NEBO, TO THE TOP OF PISGAH; rather, _unto Mount Nebo_,_ the summit of Pisgah_._ _GILEAD UNTO DAN. Not Dan Laish, near the central source of the Jordan, which was not in Gilead, but another Dan in Northern Perea, the site of which has not yet been discovered (cf....

AND IN ALL THAT MIGHTY HAND,.... In all done by his hand, which he stretched out over the sea and divided, to make a passage through it for the Israelites, and with his rod in it smote the rocks, and waters gushed out for them: AND IN ALL THAT GREAT TERROR WHICH MOSES SHOWED IN THE SIGHT OF ALL ISRAEL; meaning either the terror the Egyptians were struck with by him, in the sight of all Israel, when he publicly and before them wrought the wonders he did in the land of Ham, which often threw them into a panic, especially the thunders and lightning, the three days darkness, and the slaying of their firstborn; see Psalms 78:49; or the terror the Israelites were in at the giving and receiving of the law, Exodus 19:16....

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 34:9) This chapter was not written by Moses, but is an addition by another chosen instrument. The home-going of this great man of God is beyond description. What a scene it must have been when he ascended Nebo to the top of Pisgah! And the Lord met him there and showed him the land and said: “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 shalt not go over thither

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, that is, Gilead to Dan. Deuteronomy 34:2. hinder: render western (Deuteronomy 11:24 *, _cf. Deuteronomy 34:1_)....

These _vv_. are irrelevant to the more spiritual estimate of Moses" prophetic rank in Deuteronomy 34:10, and therefore may be due to a later hand. On the deuteronomic phrases _signs and wonders, mighty hand, great terror_, see Deuteronomy 4:34, and on _all Israel_(not P's _children of Israel_), see Deuteronomy 4:44; Deuteronomy 31:23. Thus the Book closes in characteristically deuteronomic style....

_VER._ 12. _IN ALL THE GREAT TERROR_— _In all the great miracles,_ Houbigant very properly translates it, after the Samaritan; for _terror,_ as he well observes, does not suit with the miracles in the wilderness. We have here the praise of the living governor, and a just encomium on the deceased. 1. Joshua was admirably qualified to succeed Moses in his arduous charge, being _full of the spirit of wisdom,_ and skilled alike in the arts of government and of war; God had commanded Moses _to lay his hands on him,_ and while he designed him his successor, communicated to him abilities for the task; and the people acknowledged the appointment, and paid a ready obedience to his orders. _Note;_ (1.) Whom God calls to any charge, he qualifies for the employment. (2.) God will never leave his Israel destitute; but as one faithful minister is taken away, another shall be raised up in his stead. (3...

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 Moses died, and was so privately buried by the Lord that his sepulchre was never discovered, 5, 6. His age and strength of constitution, 7. The people weep for him thirty days, 8. Joshua being filled with the spirit of wisdom, the Israelites hearken to him, as the Lord commanded them,_ P. _The character of Moses as a prophet, and as a worker of the most extraordinary miracles, both in the sight of the Egyptians, and the people of Israel; conclusion of the Pentateuch, 10-12._ QUESTIONS, LESSON TWENTY-FOUR (DEUTERONOMY 32:48 TO DEUTERONOMY 34:12) ...