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Deuteronomy 34:2

in Deuteronomy 34

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hinder sea,

KJV

And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

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This verse in Deuteronomy 34

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

So these parts lying in the several quarters are put for all the rest. He stood in the east and saw also Gilead, which was in the eastern part of the land, and thence he saw the north and south and west. The utmost sea - The midland sea, which was the utmost bound of the land of promise on the west.

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.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

ואת הנגב means THE SOUTH COUNTRY. — Another explanation is, that it refers to the cave of Machpelah (which was in the Negeb), as it is said, (Numbers:22) “And they went up to the south country, and came to Hebron” (where this cave was situated) (Sifrei Devarim:20).
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Deuteronomy 34:3:1, via Sefaria, Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 34:1:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • נַפְתָּלִ֔יNaphtali

    naftaliH5321 →51 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • אֶפְרַ֖יִםEphraim

    ʾefrayimH669 →

  • וּמְנַשֶּׁ֑הand Manasseh

    umenashehH4519 →146 times

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • עַ֖דto

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • הַיָּ֥םthe sea

    haiyamH3220 →396 times

  • הָאַחֲרֽוֹן׃<the> western

    haacharonH314 →51 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 11:24Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.5 worksJoshua 15:12And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.3 worksExodus 23:31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.3 worksNumbers 34:6Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.3 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Exodus 23:31

    And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 11:24

      Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 15:18

      On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    • Joshua 21:44

      And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 11:24

    Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 14:9

      On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD…

    • Genesis 15:18–21

      On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

    • Exodus 23:31

      And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you…

    • 1 Kings 4:21

      And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of…

  • Through

    Joshua 15:12

    And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 47:20

      And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

Where this verse is studied

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About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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