Deuteronomy 32:48
in Deuteronomy 32On that same day the LORD said to Moses,
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ASV
And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
KJV
And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 32
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the Lord spake unto Moses the selfsame day,.... On which he finished the reading of the law, and the above song, which was the seventh of Adar or February; according to the Targum of Jonathan, the day he died on; according to the Egyptian Calendar (a), it was the sixteenth of that month, see Deu 34:5, saying; as follows. (a) Apud Ludolf. Lex. Ethiop. p. 537.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The great Moses, who previously had hidden himself from Pharaoh and had withdrawn into Midian for fear of him when he received the commandment "Return into Egypt," did not fear to do so. And again, when he was bidden to go up into the mountain Abarim and die, he delayed not through cowardice but even joyfully proceeded there.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the L ORD : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:97%@v2-4
That self-same day - Now he had finished his work, why should he desire to live a day longer? He had indeed formerly desired and prayed, that he might go over Jordan: but now he is entirely satisfied, and saith no more of that matter.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| בְּעֶ֛צֶם | beetzem | on [the] substance of | H6106 → | |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְדַבֵּ֤רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
בְּעֶ֛צֶםon [the] substance of
beetzemH6106 →
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Athanasius of Alexandria, DEFENSE OF HIS FLIGHT 18; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.