Deuteronomy 34
God buries him in an unknown location. Joshua succeeds him, but the text notes that no prophet like Moses has since arisen in Israel.
DeuteronomyChapter 34 of 3412 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: MosesIsraelJerichoMoab Plains
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Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 35: How did Israel first hear this story?
And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 47: What does gathered to his people mean in Hebrew?
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,
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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“But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!””
Deuteronomy 34:7Deuteronomy 31:2
“he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’”
“Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,”
“The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.”
“Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
Deuteronomy 34 on Doxa
- He Did Not Know: How Lot's Story Ends and Ruth's Begins (Genesis 19) · Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 35
- 'Gathered to His People' Came Before the Burial (Genesis 25:1–11) · Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 47
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