So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word.
- KJV So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
- 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 32:50And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
- Josh 1:1–2Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
- Heb 3:3–6For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
- Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- 2 Pet 1:1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
- 2 Tim 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- John 8:35–36A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
- Deut 31:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.
- Mal 4:4“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
- Num 12:7But this is not so with My servant Moses; 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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