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Deuteronomy 34:12

in Deuteronomy 34

and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.

KJV

And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

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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)

But as far as the other prophets came short of him, our Lord Jesus went beyond him. Moses was faithful as a servant, but Christ as a son: his miracles more illustrious, his communion with the father more intimate: for he is in his bosom from eternity. Moses lies buried: but Christ is sitting at the right-hand of God, and of the increase of his government there shall be no end.

This site's exposition

And in all that mighty hand

The last words of the Torah look back at Egypt. Mighty hand and great terror gather the vocabulary of 4:34 and 26:8, where the same words describe what God did there, so the five books close on the deliverance rather than on the land. The chapter speaks from a later time, at verse 6 with unto this day and at verse 10 with there arose not a prophet since, and readers have long asked who wrote the close of the book, with the Talmud at Bava Batra 15a recording one opinion that Joshua wrote the last verses and another that Moses wrote them at God's dictation. What the five books leave standing is a people camped outside a land they do not hold, the prophet of 18:15 promised and not come, and a grave no man can find.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

This alludes to the division of the Red Sea concerning which it is said, And Israel saw the great hand. 347 Exodus:31. AND IN ALL THE GREAT TERROR. This is a reference to the Revelation. Literally: “‘the stand’ ( ma’amad ) at Mount Sinai.” See Vol. II, p., Note.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 34:12:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
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This is connected with the [preceding] verse, And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel — in all the signs etc.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 34:11:1, 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

12 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.

  • וּלְכֹל֙and to all

    ulekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַיָּ֣דthe hand

    haiyadH3027 →1618 times

  • הַחֲזָקָ֔ה<the> mighty

    hachazakahH2389 →56 times

  • וּלְכֹ֖לand to all

    ulekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הַמּוֹרָ֣אthe terror

    hamora'H4172 →12 times

  • הַגָּד֑וֹל<the> great

    hagadolH1419 →526 times

  • אֲשֶׁר֙which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֣הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • לְעֵינֵ֖יto [the] eyes of

    leeineiH5869 →887 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

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

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About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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