Deuteronomy 34:5 BSB

Deuteronomy 34:5

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.

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ASV

So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.

KJV

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Cain and Abel, Book 1, Chapter 2, Section 8 (397)

And therefore, we do not read about him as we do about others, because he died in a state of deficiency: but he died through the word of God (Deuteronomy 34:5). For God neither experiences defection or diminution, nor does he undergo addition. Hence, the Scripture also adds: 'For no one knows his burial place until this day' (ibid. 6), so that you understand it as a translation rather than his demise. For death is a certain separation of the soul and body.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 Deu 32:51.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1966: “The Death of Moses” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1887)

WHAT an honorable title! Moses is distinguished as "the servant of Jehovah." He was this of choice, for he willed to be the servant of God rather than to be great in the land of the Pharaohs. Such he was most perseveringly throughout the whole of his life. Such he was most intensely, for he waited upon God for his directions, as a servant waits upon his master, and he endeavored to do all things according to the pattern which was shown him in the holy mountain.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֨מָת	vai.Ya.mot	and he died	H4191 →
שָׁ֜ם	sham	there	H8033 →
מֹשֶׁ֧ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
עֶֽבֶד־	'e.ved-	[the] servant of	H5650 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
מוֹאָ֖ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּ֥י	pi	[the] mouth of	H6310 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4124moavMoab181×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 15:3
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
leads to
- Psalms 111:2
  Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Exodus 15:1–18
  Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Psalms 139:14
  I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
- Revelation 5:9–13
  And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
- Psalms 145:17
  The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
Through
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
leads to
- Titus 2:13
  as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- Romans 3:21–26
  But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13
  And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,

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06About Deuteronomy

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Deuteronomy