Deuteronomy 34
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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,

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CONCLUDING REMARKS ON DEUTERONOMY AND THE PENTATEUCH

Thus ends the book of {Deuteronomy}, and with it the {Pentateuch}, commonly called the {Law of Moses}; a work every way worthy of God its author, and only less than the {New Testament}, the {Law} and {Gospel} of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Its {antiquity} places it at the head of all the writings in the world; and the various subjects it embraces render it of the utmost importance to every part of the civilized world. Its {philosophy}, {history}, {geography}, and {chronology} entitle it to the respect of the whole human race; while its system of {theology} and religion demonstrably proves it to be a revelation from God. {The Law of Moses} is more properly the {Law of Jehovah}, [], {torah yehowah}, the grand title of the Pentateuch. Could we conceive Moses to have been the {author} of this system, we must consider him more than mortal:- no wisdom of man has ever yet invented such a {Code of Laws}. His merit, however, has been disputed, and his laws severely criticised, by persons whose interest it was to prove religion a cheat, because they had none themselves. To some, whose mental taste and feeling are strangely perverted, everything in {heathenism} wears not only the fascinating aspect, but appears to lay claim and posses every excellence; and hence they have called up Confucius, Menu, Zoraster, and Mohammed himself, to dispute the palm with Moses.

On this subject in general, it may be just necessary to add, that the utmost that can be said of all laws, merely {human}, is, that they {restrain vices}, through the terror of punishment. God's law not only restrains {vice}, but it infuses {virtue}. It alone brings man to the footstool of his Maker; and keeps him dependent on the strong for strength, on the wise for wisdom, and on the merciful for grace. It abounds with promises of support, and salvation for the {present life}, which no false system dare ever to propose: every where, Moses, in the most confident manner, pledges his God for the fulfilment of all the exceeding great and precious promises, with which his laws are so plentifully interspersed; and while they were obedient they could say, Not one word hath failed us, of all the good things which the Lord our God spoke concerning us. Who that dispassionately reads the {Pentateuch}, that considers it in itself and in its reference to that glorious {Gospel} which it was intended to introduce, can for a moment deny it the palm of infinite superiority over all the systems ever framed of imagined by man? Well might the Israelitish people triumphantly exclaim, There is none like the God of Jeshurun! and with what striking propriety does the glorious legislator add, Happy art thou, O Israel! who is like unto {thee}? O people, saved of the Lord!

Finally, the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, which are amassed in these five books, have enriched the whole civilized earth, and, indeed, greatly promoted that very civilization. They have been a kind of {text-book} to almost every writer on {geology, geography, chronology, astronomy, natural history, ethics, jurisprudence, political economy, theology, poetry, and criticism}, from the time of Moses to the present day--books to which the choicest writers and philosophers in Pagan antiquity, have been deeply indebted; and which were the text-books to all the {prophets}--books from which the flimsy writers against Divine Revelation have derived their natural religion, and all their moral excellence--books written in all the energy, and purity, of the incomparable language in which they are composed; and lastly, books, which for importance of matter, variety of information, dignity of sentiment, accuracy of facts, impartiality, simplicity, and sublimity of narration, tending to improve and ennoble the intellect and ameliorate the physical and moral condition of man, have never been equalled, and can only be paralleled by the Gospel of the Son of God! Fountain of endless mercy, justice, truth, and beneficence! How much are thy gifts and bounties neglected by those who do not read {this law}; and by those who having read it, are not morally improved by it, and made wise unto salvation!

And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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