Ver. 1-3. And Moses went up from the plains of Moab, &c.— As soon as he had taken this solemn leave of his nation, Moses, according to the divine appointment, ch. Deuteronomy 32:49 retired privately to the top of mount Nebo called Pisgah, from whence God enabled him to take a distinct and particular prospect of the land of Canaan. The mention of Dan in the first verse, and the account of Moses's death and burial, and of some particulars which happened after he had left the world, from the fifth verse to the end, shew, that this chapter was not written by Moses. It was probably added either by Samuel, Ezra, or some other of the prophets who succeeded him. It is said, that Moses went up from the plains of Moab, because this was their last station before they entered into Canaan. Dan was the utmost northern border of Canaan, situated at the rise of Jordan, and, at the time of this event, called Laish. The utmost sea, in the second verse, means the Mediterranean sea. The city of palm trees, ver. 3 means the city of Jericho, so called from the multitude of palm trees which grew about it, as Strabo, Pliny, and Josephus, testify.
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Deuteronomy 34:1-3
1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,a that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed 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 utmost sea,
3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.