Deu 34:5-6, Jude 9 | JFB | STEP | 5. Moses . . . died —After having governed the Israelites forty years.

Deuteronomy 34:5-6

5. Moses . . . died—After having governed the Israelites forty years.

6. he buried him—or, "he was buried in a valley," that is, a ravine or gorge of the Pisgah. Some think that he entered a cave and there died, being, according to an ancient tradition of Jews and Christians, buried by angels (Jude 9; Nu 21:20).

no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day—This concealment seems to have been owing to a special and wise arrangement of Providence, to prevent its being ranked among "holy places," and made the resort of superstitious pilgrims or idolatrous veneration, in after ages.

Jude 9

9. The loss (2Jo 8) meant is here explained: the not having God, which results from abiding not in the doctrine of Christ.

transgresseth—The oldest manuscripts and versions read, "Every one who takes the lead"; literally, "goes," or "leads on before"; compare Joh 10:4, "He goeth before them" (not the same Greek). Compare 3Jo 9, "Loveth to have the pre-eminence."

hath not God— (1Jo 2:23; 5:15). The second "of Christ" is omitted in the oldest manuscripts, but is understood in the sense.

He—emphatical: He and He alone.