(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Deuteronomy 34:1–12, “And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. 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. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.”
Moses was a good man and he did everything that the Lord asked him to do. He set Israel free from slavery in Egypt and brought them to the borders of the Promised Land. The Lord gave Moses the Law and he taught the Law to Israel. He led them in battle and led them through the wilderness. Even though Moses was not allowed to enter the Promised Land, the Lord showed him the Land from a high vantage point so that he could appreciate something of what he had done for the Lord. Moses lived for 120 years in three distinct phases. In the first phase he was trained in Egypt to lead, in the second phase the Lord trained him to trust and obey and in the last forty years he put everything that he had learned into practice. At the time of his death he was still a strong man, able to everything that much younger men are able to do. The Lord buried Moses in a secret place and the people mourned his death as was appropriate for a much love leader. Joshua became the leader after Moses but Moses was unique in history because he knew the Lord face to face like no one has since. The last section was completed by someone else, probably Joshua because Moses wasn't there to witness his own burial.
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