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Deuteronomy 34:5
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative shifts from God’s declaration in Deuteronomy 34:4 to the factual record of Moses dying in Moab, fulfilling the prior boundary warning. The words — וַיָּ֨מָת (va.ya.mot) = and he died marks the finality of his life, while עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָ֛ה ('e.ved-Yah.weh) = servant of Yahweh defines his enduring identity at death. The thread — This event fulfills the death prophecy in Deuteronomy 32:50, triggers the leadership transition in Joshua 1:1, and establishes the mortality baseline for the Christ comparison in Hebrews 3:3. Why it lands — The text records the precise location and cause of Moses’ death as a completed divine statement, requiring the reader to acknowledge that human leadership ends exactly where God’s word dictates.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:50 And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
- Joshua 1:1 Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
- Hebrews 3:3 For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
- Revelation 15:3 and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Numbers 12:7 But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
- Deuteronomy 31:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.
- Malachi 4:4 “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
- John 8:35 A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.
- 2 Timothy 2:25 He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- 2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: