SEV Biblia, Chapter 31:14
¶ Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: He aquí tus días son ya cumplidos para que mueras; llama a Josué, y esperad en el tabernáculo del testimonio, y le mandaré. Fueron, pues , Moisés y Josué, y esperaron en el tabernáculo del testimonio.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. And the Lord said unto Moses , etc.] Either at the same time, or quickly after; rather, perhaps, the same day: behold, thy days approach that thou must die ; which does not necessarily imply that he had some days to live, though but few; but that the time of his death drew nigh, his last moments were approaching; the time of his death being, as every man’s is, fixed by the Lord, with whom is the number of his years, months, days, and moments, beyond which he cannot pass, ( Job 14:5); call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge ; this looks as if the people had been dismissed after the above exhortations given; and now Joshua was called, and Moses with him, to have a charge given him: and Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation ; before the Lord. Aben Ezra says, Moses went from the camp of Israel where he was, to the camp of the Shechinah; the Jews pretend to know in what form they walked thither. Moses, they say f562 , went on the left hand of Joshua; and they went to the tabernacle, and the pillar of cloud descended and separated between them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-22 - Moses and Joshua attended the Divine Majesty at the door of the tabernacle. Moses is told again that he must shortly die; even thos who are most ready and willing to die, need to be often reminded of it coming. The Lord tells Moses, that, after his death, the covenant he had taken so much pains to make between Israel and their God, woul certainly be broken. Israel would forsake Him; then God would forsak Israel. Justly does he cast those off who so unjustly cast him off Moses is directed to deliver them a song, which should remain standing testimony for God, as faithful to them in giving them warning and against them, as persons false to themselves in not taking the warning. The word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of men's hearts, and meets them by reproofs and correction. Ministers wh preach the word, know not the imaginations of men; but God, whose wor it is, knows perfectly.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 יהוה 3068 אל 413 משׁה 4872 הן 2005 קרבו 7126 ימיך 3117 למות 4191 קרא 7121 את 853 יהושׁע 3091 והתיצבו 3320 באהל 168 מועד 4150 ואצונו 6680 וילך 1980 משׁה 4872 ויהושׁע 3091 ויתיצבו 3320 באהל 168 מועד׃ 4150
