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申命记 34:5

於是耶和華的僕人摩西,照著耶和華所說的,死在摩押地。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Moses;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Death of Saints, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nebo;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Nebo;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Servant of the Lord;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Moab;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Mountain;   Pentateuch;   Slave/servant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels (2);   Assumption of Moses;   Righteousness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Moses ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Moses;   Pentateuch;   Sheol;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bat Ḳol;   Death, Views and Customs Concerning;   Moab;   Moses;   Servant of God;   Simḥat Torah;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for August 30;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
於 是 , 耶 和 华 的 仆 人 摩 西 死 在 摩 押 地 , 正 如 耶 和 华 所 说 的 。

Contextual Overview

5 Then Moses, the servant of the Lord , died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. 6 He buried Moses in Moab in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but even today no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not weak, and he was still strong. 8 The Israelites cried for Moses for thirty days, staying in the plains of Moab until the time of sadness was over.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

So Moses: Joshua 1:1, Malachi 4:4, John 8:35, John 8:36, 2 Timothy 2:25, Hebrews 3:3-6, 2 Peter 1:1, Revelation 15:3

died there: Deuteronomy 31:14, Deuteronomy 32:50, Joshua 1:1, Joshua 1:2

Reciprocal: Numbers 20:28 - died there Joshua 14:6 - the man Joshua 24:29 - after these 2 Kings 18:12 - Moses 1 Chronicles 6:49 - Moses 2 Chronicles 1:3 - the servant Psalms 36:1 - servant Ecclesiastes 3:2 - and a time Matthew 17:3 - Moses Mark 9:4 - Moses 2 Timothy 2:24 - the servant Hebrews 3:5 - as

Cross-References

Genesis 30:35
But that day Laban took away all the male goats that had streaks or spots, all the speckled and spotted female goats (all those that had white on them), and all the black sheep. He told his sons to watch over them.
Genesis 34:13
Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father with lies, because Shechem had disgraced their sister Dinah.
Genesis 34:14
The brothers said to them, "We cannot allow you to marry our sister, because you are not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘I must be respected as holy by those who come near me; before all the people I must be given honor.'" So Aaron did not say anything about the death of his sons.
1 Samuel 10:27
But some troublemakers said, "How can this man save us?" They disapproved of Saul and refused to bring gifts to him. But Saul kept quiet.
1 Samuel 16:11
Then he asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?" Jesse answered, "I still have the youngest son. He is out taking care of the sheep." Samuel said, "Send for him. We will not sit down to eat until he arrives."
1 Samuel 17:15
but David went back and forth from Saul to Bethlehem, where he took care of his father's sheep.
2 Samuel 13:22
Absalom did not say a word, good or bad, to Amnon. But he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
Psalms 39:9
I am quiet; I do not open my mouth, because you are the one who has done this.
Luke 15:25
"The older son was in the field, and as he came closer to the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab,.... Which formerly belonged to Moab, and was taken from them by Sihon king of the Amorites, and now in the possession of Israel: here on a mountain in this land Moses died; and yet, contrary to the express words of this text, some Jewish writers affirm w that be died not, but was translated to heaven, where he ministers; yea, that he was an angel, and could not die: but it is clear he did die, even though a servant of the Lord, as he was, and a faithful one; but such die as well as others, Zechariah 1:5; there is a saying of some x Jews,

"Moses died, and who shall not die?''

no man can promise himself immortality here, when such great and good men die: the Targum of Jonathan says, he died on the seventh of Adar or February, on which day he was born; and it is the general opinion of the Jewish writers y, that he died on the seventh of that month, in the middle of the day, and that it was a sabbath day: though, as Aben Ezra observes z, some say he died on the first of Adar; and Josephus a is express for it, that it was at the new moon, or first day of the month; and with this agrees the calculation of Bishop Usher b:

according to the word of the Lord; according to the prophecy of the Lord, and according to a command of his, that he should go up to the above said mountain and die, Numbers 27:12; or, as the Targum of Jerusalem, according to the decree of the Lord; as the death of every man is, both with respect to time and place, and manner of it: it is appointed for men once to die, Hebrews 9:27; because it is in the original text, "according to the mouth of the Lord" c; hence some Jewish writers, as Jarchi particularly, interpret it of his dying by a kiss of his mouth, with strong expressions and intimations of his love to him, Song of Solomon 1:2; and no doubt but he did die satisfied of the love of God to him, enjoying his presence, and having faith and hope of everlasting life and salvation; but the true sense is, he died according to the will of God, not of any disease, or through the infirmities of age, but by the immediate order and call of God out of this life.

w T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 13. 2. Yalkut R. Abraham Seba in Tzeror Hammor in loc. x Seder Tephillot, fol. 213. 1. Ed. Basil. y T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 38. 1. Seder Olam Rabba, c. 10. p. 29. Judasin, fol. 10. 1. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 7. 2. so Patricides apud Hottinger, p. 457. z Pirush in Deut. i. 2. so Midrash Esther, fol. 93. 2. a Ut supra, (De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 18.) sect. 49. b Annales Vet. Test. p. 37. c על פי "super os", Montanus "juxta os", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 34:5. So Moses - died - according to the word of the Lord. — על פי יהוה al pi Yehovah, at the mouth of Jehovah; i. e., by the especial command and authority of the Lord; but it is possible that what is here said refers only to the sentence of his exclusion from the promised land, when he offended at the waters of Meribah.


 
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