And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Ver. 6. And he buried him.] Either the Lord or Michael. Jdg 1:9 There lies the body of Moses as in a chamber of rest, or bed of down. Isa 57:2 His very dust being precious; for Christ is not perfect without it. Eph 1:23
But no man knoweth of his sepulchre.] Though the devil made much ado about it, Jdg 1:9 as desirous thereby to set up himself in the hearts of the living. So Chrysostom, Theodoret, Procopius, and others think: howbeit we find not anywhere that the Jews were addicted to this kind of idolatry, viz., of worshipping the relics of saints departed. a But of Michael's dispute with the devil, about the body of Moses, we read in Origen b and others, c that (besides what Jude hath) there was in the primitive times a certain Apocryphal book, called Mωυσεως Aναληψις, the Assumption of Moses, wherein it was recorded, and where hence haply Jude had it.
a λειψανολατρια .
b Pερι αρχων, lib. iii. cap. 2.
c Abath R. Nathan.