Deuteronomy 34:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 34 Moses from Mount Nebo vieweth the land, Deuteronomy 34:1-4. He dieth there, Deuteronomy 34:5. His burial, Deuteronomy 34:6. His age, Deuteronomy 34:7. Thirty days mourning for him, Deuteronomy 34:8. Joshua succeedeth him, Deuteronomy 34:9. The praises of Moses, Deuteronomy 34:10-12. Moses went up, in compliance with God's will, that he should then and there resign up his soul to God. Of the mountain of Nebo, see Numbers 27:12, Numbers 32:38 Deuteronomy 32:49. Of the land of Gilead Moses had as yet seen and enjoyed but a small part. Of this land, see Genesis 31:21 Numbers 32:1,19, &c. Unto Dan; to that city which after Moses's death was called Dan, Joshua 19:47 Judges 18:29. So that here is an anticipation. But it seems most probable, and is commonly believed, that this chapter was not written by Moses, but by Eleazar, or Joshua, or Ezra, or some other man of God, directed herein by the Holy Ghost; this being no more impeachment to the Divine authority of this chapter, that the penman is unknown, which also is the lot of some other books of Scripture, than it is to the authority of the acts of the king or parliament, that they are written or printed by some unknown person.