SEV Biblia, Chapter 34:6
Y lo enterró en el valle, en tierra de Moab, enfrente de Bet-peor; y ninguno sabe su sepulcro hasta hoy.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 34:6
Verse 6. He buried him] It is probable that the reason why Moses was buried thus privately was, lest the Israelites, prone to idolatry, should pay him Divine honours; and God would not have the body of his faithful servant abused in this way. Almost all the gods of antiquity were defiled men, great lawgivers, eminent statesmen, or victorious generals. See the account of the life of Moses at the end of this chapter.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. And he buried him , etc.] Aben Ezra says he buried himself, going into a cave on the top of the mount, where he expired, and so where he died his grave was; but though he died on the mount, he was buried in a valley: Jarchi and so other Jewish writers say, the Lord buried him; it may be by the ministry of angels: an Arabic writer says f673 , he was buried by angels: it is very probable he was buried by Michael, and who is no other than the archangel or head of principalities and powers, our Lord Jesus Christ, for a reason that will be hereafter suggested, (see Jude 1:9); in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor ; where stood a temple dedicated to the idol Peor, (see Deuteronomy 3:29); but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day ; to the time when Joshua wrote this, or, as others think, Samuel: if Moses is the same with the Osiris of the Egyptians, as some think f674 , it may be observed, that his grave is said to be unknown to the Egyptians, as Diodorus Siculus and Strabo both affirm; and the grave of Moses is unknown, even unto this our day: for though no longer ago than in the year 1655, in the month of October, it was pretended to be found by some Maronite shepherds on Mount Nebo, with this inscription on it in Hebrew letters, “Moses the servant of the Lord”; but this story was confuted by Jecomas, a learned Jew, who proved it to be the grave of another Moses f677 , whom Wagenseil conjectures was Moses Maimonides f678 ; but some think the whole story is an imposition: the reason why the grave of Moses was kept a secret was, as Ben Gersom suggests, lest, because of his miracles, succeeding generations should make a god of him and worship him, as it seems a sort of heretics called Melchisedecians did f679 : the death and burial of Moses were an emblem of the weakness and insufficiency of the law of Moses, and the works of it, to bring any into the heavenly Canaan; and of the law being dead, and believers dead to that through the body of Christ, and of the entire abrogation and abolition of it by Christ, according to the will of God, as a covenant of works, as to the curse and condemnation of it, and justification by it; who is Michael the archangel, and is the end of the law for righteousness; he abolished it in his flesh, nailed it to his cross, carried it to his grave, and left it there; the rites and ceremonies of it are to be no more received, nor is it to be sought after for righteousness and life, being dead and buried, ( Romans 7:6).
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
ויקבר 6912 אתו 853 בגי 1516 בארץ 776 מואב 4124 מול 4136 בית פעור 1047 ולא 3808 ידע 3045 אישׁ 376 את 853 קברתו 6900 עד 5704 היום 3117 הזה׃ 2088
