Deuteronomy 34
New Catholic Bible
The Death of Moses
Chapter 34[a]
1 Moses climbed up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo,[b] the peak of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. The Lord showed him the entire land, from Gilead to Dan, 2 as well as all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all of the land of Judah up to the western sea, 3 the Negeb, the district of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palms, up to Zoar. 4 Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land that I promised to 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 are not going to cross over into it.”
5 Moses, the servant of the Lord, died in the land of Moab, as the Lord had foretold. 6 He buried him[c] in the land of Moab, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, but up to the present no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyesight was not weak, nor was his strength diminished.
8 The Israelites grieved for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the prescribed period of weeping and mourning for Moses was over.
9 Now Joshua, the son of Nun, was filled with a spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him. The Israelites obeyed him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 Never again has a prophet arisen in Israel like Moses who knew the Lord face to face, 11 who performed such miraculous signs and wonders that the Lord had sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to his officials and to his entire land. 12 No one has had his mighty power or performed the great and terrible deeds that he did in the sight of all of Israel.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 34:1 The story is told with restraint, for the Bible rejects any cult of personality. No one will know where Moses is buried; his tomb, unlike that of the patriarchs, will remain unknown. A life of unparalleled intimacy with God was Moses’ personal privilege (see Ex 33:11; Num 12:7-8).
- Deuteronomy 34:1 Nebo is 2,700 feet high, Pisgah 3,067 feet; they are 2 miles distant from each other.
- Deuteronomy 34:6 He buried him: we are not told precisely where. Apparently the burial of Moses was not a communal event, but personally taken care of by God.
Deuteronomium 34
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De dood van Mozes
34 Toen beklom Mozes vanuit de vlakte van Moab de top van de Pisga op de berg Nebo, tegenover Jericho. De Here toonde hem het beloofde land en hij keek uit over Gilead tot aan Dan: 2 hij zag Naftali liggen en Efraïm, Manasse en daar verderop Juda, dat zich uitstrekt tot aan de Middellandse Zee. 3 Ook zag hij de Negev en het dal van de Jordaan en Jericho, de stad van de palmbomen, en Soar. 4 ‘Dat is het beloofde land,’ zei de Here tegen Mozes. ‘Ik beloofde Abraham, Isaak en Jakob dat Ik het hun nakomelingen zou geven. Nu hebt u het gezien, maar u zult het niet binnengaan.’ 5 Zo stierf Mozes, de dienaar van de Here, in het land Moab, zoals de Here had gezegd. 6 En de Here begroef hem in een dal bij Bet-Peor in Moab, maar tot nu toe weet niemand precies waar hij ligt. 7 Mozes was honderdtwintig jaar oud toen hij stierf, maar zijn ogen waren nog goed en hij was nog net zo sterk als een jonge man. 8 Het volk Israël rouwde dertig dagen om hem op de vlakte van Moab.
9 Jozua, de zoon van Nun, was vervuld met de Geest van de wijsheid, want Mozes had hem de handen opgelegd. Daarom gehoorzaamden de Israëlieten hem en leefden volgens de wetten en regels die de Here Mozes had gegeven. 10 Er is daarna in Israël nooit meer een profeet zoals Mozes geweest, want de Here sprak met hem van aangezicht tot aangezicht. 11,12 Hij deed op bevel van de Here verbazingwekkende wonderen, grote en angstaanjagende wonderen voor de farao en zijn hele hofhouding in Egypte en voor het hele volk Israël in de woestijn.
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