Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 34:1-8

Moses Sees the Land, Dies as the LORD's Servant, and Joshua Succeeds Him

Deuteronomy 34 moves from Moses viewing the sworn land, to his death and hidden burial, to Israel's mourning, Joshua's Spirit-enabled succession, and a final testimony that no prophet like Moses had yet arisen in Israel.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 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,

2 all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

3 the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

4 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.”

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

6 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.

7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

8 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.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

Then Moses מֹשֶׁ֜ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular went up וַיַּ֨עַל H5927 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular from the plains מֵֽעַרְבֹ֤ת H6160 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct of Moab מוֹאָב֙ H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Mount הַ֣ר H2022 Noun - masculine singular construct Nebo נְב֔וֹ H5015 Noun - proper - feminine singular to the top רֹ֚אשׁ H7218 Noun - masculine singular construct of Pisgah הַפִּסְגָּ֔ה H6449 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular which אֲשֶׁ֖ר H834 Pronoun - relative faces עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . פְּנֵ֣י H6440 Noun - common plural construct Jericho יְרֵח֑וֹ H3405 Noun - proper - feminine singular And the LORD יְהוָ֧ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker showed him וַיַּרְאֵ֨הוּ H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular the whole כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct land הָאָ֛רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker from Gilead הַגִּלְעָ֖ד H1568 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular as far עַד־ H5704 Preposition as Dan דָּֽן׃ H1835 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 2

Original words

- וְאֵת֙ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct of Naphtali נַפְתָּלִ֔י H5321 Noun - proper - masculine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the land אֶ֥רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct of Ephraim אֶפְרַ֖יִם H669 Noun - proper - masculine singular and Manasseh וּמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה H4519 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular - וְאֵת֙ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the land אֶ֣רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular as far as עַ֖ד H5704 Preposition the Western הָאַחֲרֽוֹן׃ H314 Article | Adjective - masculine singular Sea הַיָּ֥ם H3220 Article | Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea
Verse 3

Original words

- וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the Negev הַנֶּ֗גֶב H5045 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular - וְֽאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and the region הַכִּכָּ֞ר H3603 Article | Noun - feminine singular from the Valley בִּקְעַ֧ת H1237 Noun - feminine singular construct of Jericho יְרֵח֛וֹ H3405 Noun - proper - feminine singular the City עִ֥יר H5892 Noun - feminine singular of Palms הַתְּמָרִ֖ים H8558 Noun - proper - feminine singular all the way עַד־ H5704 Preposition to Zoar צֹֽעַר׃ H6820 Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 4

Original words

And the LORD יְהוָ֜ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to him אֵלָ֗יו H413 Preposition | third person masculine singular This זֹ֤את H2063 Pronoun - feminine singular is the land הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular that אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative I swore to give נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי H7650 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular Abraham לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם H85 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Isaac לְיִצְחָ֤ק H3327 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular and Jacob וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ H3290 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular when I said לֵאמֹ֔ר H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct I will give אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular it to your descendants לְזַרְעֲךָ֖ H2233 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular I have let you see הֶרְאִיתִ֣יךָ H7200 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular it with your own eyes בְעֵינֶ֔יךָ H5869 Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular . . . וְשָׁ֖מָּה H8033 Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular but you will not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle cross into it תַעֲבֹֽר׃ H5674 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Verse 5

Original words

So Moses מֹשֶׁ֧ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular the servant עֶֽבֶד־ H5650 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular died וַיָּ֨מָת H4191 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular there שָׁ֜ם H8033 Adverb in the land בְּאֶ֥רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of Moab מוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular as עַל־ H5921 Preposition the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular had said פִּ֥י H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct
Verse 6

Original words

And He buried וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ר H6912 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular him אֹת֤וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular in a valley בַגַּיְ֙ H1516 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of Moab מוֹאָ֔ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular facing מ֖וּל H4136 Preposition vvv בֵּ֣ית H1047 Preposition Beth-peor פְּע֑וֹר H1047 Noun - proper - feminine singular and no וְלֹֽא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle one אִישׁ֙ H376 Noun - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker to עַ֖ד H5704 Preposition this הַזֶּֽה׃ H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular day הַיּ֥וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular knows יָדַ֥ע H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the location of his grave קְבֻ֣רָת֔וֹ H6900 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular

BSB notes

  • SP and some LXX manuscripts they buried him
Verse 7

Original words

Moses [was] וּמֹשֶׁ֗ה H4872 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular a hundred מֵאָ֧ה H3967 Number - feminine singular and twenty וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים H6242 Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural years old בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . שָׁנָ֖ה H8141 Noun - feminine singular when he died בְּמֹת֑וֹ H4191 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular yet his eyes עֵינ֖וֹ H5869 Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular were not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle weak כָהֲתָ֥ה H3543 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular and his vitality לֵחֹֽה׃ H3893 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular had not וְלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle diminished נָ֥ס H5127 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 8

Original words

The Israelites בְנֵ֨י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker grieved וַיִּבְכּוּ֩ H1058 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural for Moses מֹשֶׁ֛ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular in the plains בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥ת H6160 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct of Moab מוֹאָ֖ב H4124 Noun - proper - feminine singular thirty שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים H7970 Number - common plural days י֑וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular until the time יְמֵ֥י H3117 Noun - masculine plural construct of weeping בְכִ֖י H1065 Noun - masculine singular construct and mourning אֵ֥בֶל H60 Noun - masculine singular construct for Moses מֹשֶֽׁה׃ H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular came to an end וַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּ H8552 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

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