Deuteronomy 34

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 34 of 34

1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah caused him to see all the land; Gilead to Dan;

2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah to the sea beyond;

3 and the Negeb, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar.

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Chapter Summary

Moses views the land and he dies there. 6 His burial, His age. 8 The thirty days of mourning 9 Joshua succeeds him. 10 The praise of Moses.

Key Hebrew Words

נָבִיא prophet H5030 · TWOT 1277a
מוּת to die H4191 · TWOT 1169
חׇכְמָה wisdom H2451 · TWOT 647a
קָבַר to bury H6912 · TWOT 1984
מוֹפֵת wonder H4159 · TWOT 152a
אוֹת miraculous sign H226 · TWOT 41a

People & Context

Moses

Views the land from Mount Nebo, dies in Moab at 120, and is mourned as the unequaled prophet.

Joshua

Son of Nun, full of the spirit of wisdom through Moses' laid-on hands; succeeds Moses as leader.

Abraham

Patriarch to whom Jehovah swore the land Moses is shown but cannot enter.

Isaac

Patriarch named in Jehovah's sworn oath of the land to the fathers' seed.

Jacob

Patriarch named in Jehovah's sworn oath of the land to the fathers' seed.

Pharaoh

Ruler of Egypt against whom Moses performed the signs and wonders Jehovah sent him to do.

Timeline

Moses Views the Promised Land from Pisgah

Moses ascends from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah. God shows him the entirety of the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 34:1-4
Death and Secret Burial of Moses

Moses, the servant of Jehovah, dies in Moab at age 120 with his vigor and eyesight unabated. God buries him in a valley, his grave remaining unknown.

Deuteronomy 34:5-7
Thirty Days of Mourning for Moses

The sons of Israel weep and mourn for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days until the period of mourning ends.

Deuteronomy 34:8

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