Deuteronomy 34:1
in Deuteronomy 34Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
KJV
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 34
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Dan - This can hardly be the Dan (Dan-Laish) of Jdg 18:27 ff, which was not in Gilead. It is probably a town of this name which stood in the north of Peraea; perhaps the same as Dan-jaan, 2Sa 24:6; and the Dan of Gen 14:14.
This site's exposition
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab
on Deuteronomy 34:1-3
The going up was ordered twice, at 3:27 where the mountain is called the top of Pisgah and at 32:49 where it is called Nebo, and this verse uses both names together. What is shown is named by tribes, Gilead unto Dan, then Naphtali, Ephraim, Manasseh and Judah, so Moses is given the country as it will be divided rather than as it stood that day. Readers divide over the sight itself. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown hold that no miraculous power of vision was imparted and that the foreground alone was clearly discernible, while Albert Barnes reads the showing as supernatural and sets it beside the sight of all the kingdoms of the world at Luke 4:5.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Immediately below him was "the circle" of the plain of Jericho, with its oasis of palm trees; and far away on his left, the last inhabited spot before the great desert "Zoar." The foreground of the picture alone was clearly discernible. There was no miraculous power of vision imparted to Moses.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
AND THE ETERNAL SHOWED HIM [MOSES] ALL THE LAND — all the Land of Israel beyond the Jordan [westward] — and then the verse states that He showed him even Gilead, as far as Dan.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֨עַל | vaiyaal | and he went up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֜ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| מֵֽעַרְבֹ֤ת | mearvot | from [the] desert plains of | H6160 → | 61 times |
| מוֹאָב֙ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַ֣ר | har | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| נְב֔וֹ | nevo | Nebo | H5015 → | |
| רֹ֚אשׁ | rosh | [the] top of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הַפִּסְגָּ֔ה | hapisgah | <the> Pisgah | H6449 → | 8 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְרֵח֑וֹ | yerecho | Jericho | H3405 → | 57 times |
| וַיַּרְאֵ֨הוּ | vaiyarehu | and he showed him | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| יְהוָ֧ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאָ֛רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגִּלְעָ֖ד | hagilad | <the> Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| דָּֽן׃ | dan | Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
וַיַּ֨עַלand he went up
vaiyaalH5927 →890 times
מֹשֶׁ֜הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
מֵֽעַרְבֹ֤תfrom [the] desert plains of
mearvotH6160 →61 times
מוֹאָב֙Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַ֣ר[the] mountain of
harH2022 →546 times
נְב֔וֹNebo
nevoH5015 →
רֹ֚אשׁ[the] top of
roshH7218 →599 times
הַפִּסְגָּ֔ה<the> Pisgah
hapisgahH6449 →8 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
יְרֵח֑וֹJericho
yerechoH3405 →57 times
וַיַּרְאֵ֨הוּand he showed him
vaiyarehuH7200 →1300 times
יְהוָ֧הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאָ֛רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַגִּלְעָ֖ד<the> Gilead
hagiladH1568 →134 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
דָּֽן׃Dan
danH1835 →70 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 8:3
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Ezekiel 11:24
And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
- Ezekiel 40:1–49
In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand…
- Ezekiel 11:1
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them…
- Ezekiel 8:3
Through
Numbers 27:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:47–48
They set out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim facing Nebo.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 33:47–48
Through
Ezekiel 40:2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
it leads to
- Daniel 7:7
After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot…
- Ezekiel 1:1
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
- Daniel 7:7
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Who and where
4 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
- PlaceJordan valleyJerichoThe city of palms whose walls fell flat at the seventh trumpet-circuit; Rahab's city, later rebuilt under a curse, and the road do…
- PlaceNorthern border, at the foot of HermonDanThe northern limit of the land, where the tribe of Dan settled after taking Laish and where Jeroboam set up one of his two golden…
- PlaceTransjordanMoabThe high country east of the Dead Sea, home of Lot's descendants, where Balak hired Balaam, where Ruth was born, and where Moses l…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
