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Complete Jewish Bible

Deuteronomy 34:5

So Moshe, the servant of Adonai , died there in the land of Mo'av, as Adonai had said.

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

Christian Standard Bible®
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the Lord’s word.
Hebrew Names Version
So Moshe the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Mo'av, according to the word of the LORD.
King James Version
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
Then Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there in the land of Moab according to the command of Yahweh.
English Standard Version
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord ,
New Century Version
Then Moses, the servant of the Lord , died there in Moab, as the Lord had said.
New English Translation
So Moses, the servant of the Lord , died there in the land of Moab as the Lord had said.
Amplified Bible
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, in accordance with the word of the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Moses the seruant of the Lord dyed there in the land of Moab, according to the worde of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to the command of Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
And so, Moses the Lord 's servant died there in Moab, just as the Lord had said.
Darby Translation
And Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Moses, the Lord 's servant, died there in the land of Moab. The Lord had told Moses this would happen.
George Lamsa Translation
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Good News Translation
So Moses, the Lord 's servant, died there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said he would.
Literal Translation
And Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the command of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Moses ye seruaunt of the LORDE died there in the londe of the Moabites, acordinge vnto the worde of ye LORDE.
American Standard Version
So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
So death came to Moses, the servant of the Lord, there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord dyed there in the lande of Moab, accordyng to the worde of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
So Moses the seruant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So Moses the servant of the Lord died in the land of Moab by the word of the Lord.
English Revised Version
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moyses, the seruaunt of the Lord, was deed there, in the lond of Moab, `for the Lord comaundide.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses, servant of the Lord, dieth there, in the land of Moab, according to the command of Jehovah;
Update Bible Version
So Moses the slave of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
World English Bible
So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Yahweh.
New King James Version
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
New Living Translation
So Moses, the servant of the Lord , died there in the land of Moab, just as the Lord had said.
New Life Bible
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, as the Word of the Lord said.
New Revised Standard
Then Moses, the servant of the Lord , died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord 's command.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there, in the land of Moab, at the bidding of Yahweh;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab, by the commandment of the Lord:
Revised Standard Version
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD,
THE MESSAGE
Moses died there in the land of Moab, Moses the servant of God , just as God said. God buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor. No one knows his burial site to this very day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

5 So Moshe, the servant of Adonai , died there in the land of Mo'av, as Adonai had said. 6 He was buried in the valley across from Beit-P‘or in the land of Mo'av, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moshe was 120 years old when he died, with eyes undimmed and vigor undiminished. 8 The people of Isra'el mourned Moshe on the plains of Mo'av for thirty days; after this, the days of crying and mourning for Moshe ended.

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
That day Lavan removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, every one with white on it, and all the brown sheep; turned them over to his sons;
Genesis 34:13
The sons of Ya‘akov answered Sh'khem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
Genesis 34:14
They said to them, "We can't do it, because it would be a disgrace to give our sister to someone who hasn't been circumcised.
Leviticus 10:3
Moshe said to Aharon, "This is what Adonai said: ‘Through those who are near me I will be consecrated, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aharon kept silent.
1 Samuel 10:27
True, there were some scoundrels who said, "How can this man save us?" They showed him no respect and brought him no gift, but he held his peace.
1 Samuel 16:11
Are all your sons here?" Sh'mu'el asked Yishai. He replied, "There is still the youngest; he's out there tending the sheep." Sh'mu'el said to Yishai, "Send and bring him back, because we won't sit down to eat until he gets here."
1 Samuel 17:15
David went back and forth from Sha'ul to pasture his father's sheep at Beit-Lechem.
2 Samuel 13:22
As for Avshalom, he refused to say a word to Amnon, either good or bad; for Avshalom hated Amnon for having raped his sister Tamar.
Psalms 39:9
Rescue me from all my transgressions; don't make me the butt of fools.
Luke 15:25
"Now his older son was in the field. As he came close to the house, he heard 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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