SEV Biblia, Chapter 34:5
¶ Y murió allí Moisés siervo del SEÑOR, en la tierra de Moab, conforme al dicho del SEÑOR.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:5
Verse 5. So Moses-died-according to the word of the Lord.] hwhy yp l[ al pi Yehovah, at the mouth of Jehovah; i. e., by the especial command and authority of the Lord; but it is possible that what is here said refers only to the sentence of his exclusion from the promised land, when he offended at the waters of Meribah.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. So Moses the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab , etc.] Which formerly belonged to Moab, and was taken from them by Sihon king of the Amorites, and now in the possession of Israel: here on a mountain in this land Moses died; and yet, contrary to the express words of this text, some Jewish writers affirm that be died not, but was translated to heaven, where he ministers; yea, that he was an angel, and could not die: but it is clear he did die, even though a servant of the Lord, as he was, and a faithful one; but such die as well as others, ( Zechariah 1:5); there is a saying of some Jews, “Moses died, and who shall not die?” no man can promise himself immortality here, when such great and good men die: the Targum of Jonathan says, he died on the seventh of Adar or February, on which day he was born; and it is the general opinion of the Jewish writers f667 , that he died on the seventh of that month, in the middle of the day, and that it was a sabbath day: though, as Aben Ezra observes f668 , some say he died on the first of Adar; and Josephus is express for it, that it was at the new moon, or first day of the month; and with this agrees the calculation of Bishop Usher f670 : according to the word of the Lord ; according to the prophecy of the Lord, and according to a command of his, that he should go up to the above said mountain and die, ( Numbers 27:12,13 Deuteronomy 32:49,50); or, as the Targum of Jerusalem, according to the decree of the Lord; as the death of every man is, both with respect to time and place, and manner of it: it is appointed for men once to die, ( Hebrews 9:27); because it is in the original text, “according to the mouth of the Lord” f671 ; hence some Jewish writers, as Jarchi particularly, interpret it of his dying by a kiss of his mouth, with strong expressions and intimations of his love to him, ( Song of Solomon 1:2); and no doubt but he did die satisfied of the love of God to him, enjoying his presence, and having faith and hope of everlasting life and salvation; but the true sense is, he died according to the will of God, not of any disease, or through the infirmities of age, but by the immediate order and call of God out of this life.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-8 - Moses obeyed this command of God as willingly as any other, though i seemed harder. In this he resembled our Lord Jesus Christ. But he die in honour, in peace, and in the most easy manner; the Saviour died upo the disgraceful and torturing cross. Moses died very easily; he die "at the mouth of the Lord," according to the will of God. The servant of the Lord, when they have done all their other work, must die a last, and be willing to go home, whenever their Master sends for them Ac 21:13. The place of his burial was not known. If the soul be at res with God, it is of little consequence where the body rests. There wa no decay in the strength of his body, nor in the vigour and activity of his mind; his understanding was as clear, and his memory as strong a ever. This was the reward of his services, the effect of his extraordinary meekness. There was solemn mourning for him. Yet ho great soever our losses have been, we must not give ourselves up to sorrow. If we hope to go to heaven rejoicing, why should we go to the grave mourning?
Original Hebrew
וימת 4191 שׁם 8033 משׁה 4872 עבד 5650 יהוה 3068 בארץ 776 מואב 4124 על 5921 פי 6310 יהוה׃ 3068
