7566. DEUTERONOMY XXXIV
1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho; and there Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hinder sea,
3 And the south, and the plain, and the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
4 And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed. I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
5 So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the mouth of Jehovah.
6 And he buried him in a valley ... but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
As concerns the words which are here written concerning Moses, it can be evident to every one that they were written after his death by some other person; for the several particulars here met with bear witness to this.6 Thus the words which are contained in verses 1 to 4 were added by some other person — respecting which words, see above, Numbers 27:12-14 and Deuteronomy 3:23-27 incl. But whether the regions were shown [to Moses] then or previously, does not appear, nor is it stated in the present text, for there mention is made of the mountain [spoken of in Deut. 3:27] from which he saw the named regions of the land of Canaan; for which reason it is said, and there Jehovah showed him.7 Therefore these words were taken from the mouth of Moses when he was living, and then were written down by some other person. Nor could the words contained in verse 5 have been written by Moses, for they treat of his death at the time.
6 [Crossed off:] The events contained in verses 1 to 4 did not occur at the time when he died, but earlier, as is evident from Deuteronomy 3:23-27.
The words contained in verses 1 to 4 are taken from what is said in Numbers 27:12-14, and from what is added thereto, which is considerable, in Deuteronomy 3:23-27 ([doubly crossed] for those regions could be seen from mount Abarim [Num. 27:12], this mount being near Jordan of Jericho. From his mouth by Joshua, whose relation this--)
7 [Crossed off:] Had they been shown him at the time he was dying, when he was alone, he could not have told them to any one.
