2/5/23

Joshua 1:1-2, NLT

After the death of Moses the LORD’S servant, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant. He said, “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them.”

Deuteronomy 34:5-8, NLT

So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, just as the LORD had said. The LORD buried him (some texts say they buried him) in a valley near Beth-peor in Moab, but to this day no one knows the exact place. Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was strong as ever. The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab until the customary period of mourning was over.”

  1. So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, just as the LORD had said. Deut. 34:5

Moses Disobeyed God. And it cost him entering the promised land.

            Moses’ humanity got the best of him. And that cost him dearly.

  1. The LORD buried him in a valley near Beth-peor in Moab, but to this day no one knows the exact place. Deut. 34:6

It is very likely that the Israelites don’t get to know where Moses is buried so they don’t attempt to disobey God by bringing Moses body with them to the Promised Land where Moses was expressly told he was not to go.

  1. Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was strong as ever. Deut. 34:7

There are Consequences to actions.

  1. The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab until the customary period of mourning was over.” Deut. 34:8

The people Mourned Moses.

So where does that leave us?

  1. Don’t Rush.
  2. Feel your feelings.
  3. Look for God. Look for where God is at work.
  4. Remember God is Sovereign, and people are human.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ as the Son is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.

*****Answers*****

  1. Disobeyed
  2. Consequences
  3. Mourned
  4. Rush
  5. Feel
  6. Look
  7. Remember

[1] John D. Hannah, “Exodus,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 135.

[1] Eugene H. Merrill, “Numbers,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 238.

[1] Jack S. Deere, “Deuteronomy,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 323.

[1] Jack S. Deere, “Deuteronomy,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 323.

7 W. F. Albright, “The ‘Natural Force’ of Moses in the Light of Ugaritic,” BASOR 94 (1944): 32–35.

[1] Eugene H. Merrill, Deuteronomy, vol. 4, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994), 453–454.

4 P. D. Miller, Jr., “Moses My Servant: The Deuteronomic Portrait of Moses,” Int 41 (1987): 245–55.

[1] Eugene H. Merrill, Deuteronomy, vol. 4, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994), 453.

5 S. Schwertner, “Erwagungen zu Moses Tod und Grab in Dtn 34:5, 6,” ZAW 84 (1972): 25–45; E. Starobinski-Safran, “La Mort et la Survie de Moise d’apres la Tradition Rabbinique,” La Figure de Moise, ed. R. Martin-Achard et al. (Genève: Éditions Labor et Fides, 1978), 31–45.

6 For the legendary and midrashic texts to which Jude may have been appealing, see B. Reicke, The Epistles of James, Peter, and Jude, AB 37 (Garden City: Doubleday, 1964), 202–3.

[1] Eugene H. Merrill, Deuteronomy, vol. 4, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994), 453.

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