Deuteronomy 34:9

_AND JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN WAS FULL OF THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM; FOR MOSES HAD LAID HIS HANDS UPON HIM: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARKENED UNTO HIM, AND DID AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ Joshua ... was full of the spirit of wisdom - he was appointed to a special and extraordinary office: he was not the successor of Moses; for he was not a prophet or civil ruler, but the general or leader, called to head the people in the war of invasion and the subsequent allocation of the tribes....

9._And Joshua the son of Nun. _It is again shown how perseveringly God provided for the welfare of the people. We have already seen how, at the request of Moses, Joshua was chosen to succeed him. Now, when he is about to take upon him his office, “thespirit of wisdom” was imparted to him, that it might be effectually manifested that he was appointed by God. He had been, indeed, previously endowed with excellent gifts, but he was now much more splendidly adorned with the ensigns of dignity, in order that his calling by God might be more certainly proved; for thus is God wont to furnish those, whom He calls, with capacity for action. The imposition of hands was also subjoined, which was no empty symbol of God’s grace. But inasmuch as I have already fully spoken of these things, I now only lightly touch upon them....

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...

Verse Deuteronomy 34:9. _LAID HIS HANDS UPON HIM_] See on Numbers 27:18-4....

SPIRIT OF WISDOM - The practical wisdom of the ruler is especially meant....

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 JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN WAS FULL OF THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM,.... The successor of Moses, and who, by the spirit of wisdom on him, was abundantly qualified for the government of the people of Israel; in which he was a type of Christ, on whom the spirit of wisdom and understanding is said to rest, Isaiah 11:2; FOR MOSES HAD LAID HIS HANDS UPON HIM; which was a symbol of the government being committed to him, and devolving upon him after his death, and expressive of prayer for him, that he might be fitted for it, of which action see Numbers 27:23; AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HEARKENED UNTO HIM, AND DID AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES; or by the hand of Moses; they received him and owned him as their supreme governor under God, and yielded a cheerful obedience to his commands, as

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_)....

JOSHUA. Compare Numbers 27:23. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. AS. according as....