So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word.
Parallel translations
- KJV So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
- BSB So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
- NKJV So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
- NASB So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, in accordance with the word of the Lord.
- NLT So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, just as the Lord had said.
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Quick answer
Moses, the servant of Yahweh, dies in Moab according to the Lord's word. His life ends in obedience, under God's sovereign appointment.
Overview
Moses is honored with the title "servant of Yahweh," a mark of his faithful life despite his failings. His death "according to Yahweh's word" shows even the end of his life was ordered by God and met in submission. Faithful to the last, Moses prefigures the greater Servant, Jesus, who also was obedient unto death, yet whose death brought life to many (Phil. 2:8).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Deut 32:50Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people;
- Josh 1:1–2Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,
- Heb 3:3–6For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.
- Rev 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- 2 Pet 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
- 2 Tim 2:25in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
- John 8:35–36A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
- Deut 31:14Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
- Mal 4:4“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
- Num 12:7My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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