Passage Research
Deuteronomy 34 — Sermon Preparation
Moses climbs Mount Nebo, views the promised land from afar, and dies at one hundred twenty; Joshua succeeds him as leader of Israel. Below is a research summary for Deuteronomy 34, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
- 176 / 93
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Deuteronomy 34 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 9 | Mosheh |
| מוֹאָב | Môwʼâb | H4124 | 4 | Moab |
| בֵּית פְּעוֹר | Bêyth Pᵉʻôwr | H1047 | 2 | Beth-Peor |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 3 | eye, fountain |
| יְרִיחוֹ | Yᵉrîychôw | H3405 | 2 | Jericho, Jerecho |
| עֲרָבָה | ʻărâbâh | H6160 | 2 | desert |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 2 | servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Deuteronomy 34, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Moses brought Israel to the borders of Canaan, and then died and left them. This signifies that the law made nothing perfect, Heb 7:19 It brings men into a wilderness of conviction, but not into the Canaan of rest and settled peace. That honour was reserved for Joshua, our Lord Jesus, of whom Joshua was a type, (and the name is the same,) to do that for us which the law could not do, Ro 8:3. Through him we enter into the spiritual rest of conscience, and eternal rest in heaven. Moses was greater than any other prophet of the Old Testament. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Deuteronomy 34:9–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gilead 1— Deut 34:1
- Jericho 1— Deut 34:1
- Moab 2— Deut 34:1
- Mount Nebo— Deut 34:1
- Pisgah— Deut 34:1
- Egypt— Deut 34:11
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