Hello and Good day to you :o) Today we are reading through Deuteronomy 34:1-12I am using the NASB version today but you my change it if you like by clicking here.
Deuteronomy 34
The Death of Moses
1Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,
2and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,
3and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
4Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there."
5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
6And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day.
7Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.
8So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
9Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
10Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
11for all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land,
12and for all the mighty power and for all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
~~it's verse 5 for me today...And Moses, the servant of the Lord, died. Will they say that about me when I die. He will be known for being a servant of the Lord. I am also amazed at the raising up he did of Joshua. He was filled with the spirit and wisdom (v 9) Are we taking the time to train up those under us?
(Halley's Handbook) Here closes the first fourth of the Old Testament (almost as large as the entire New Testament.) all written by one man Moses, What a man Moses must have been! How intiment with God! What a work he did! What a benefactor to mankind! 40 years in the Palace of Pharaoh, 40 years a refuge in Midian, 40 years a leader of Israel in the wilderness. Delivered a nation of some 3,000,000 from servitude; Transplanted them from one land to another; organized for them a system of jurisprudence that has been a fountain source of much of the world's civilization.
Congratulations!!! you just read through another entire book of the bible :o)
please join me as we read through Joshua 1-18
