Deuteronomy 31:1-17
hundred <03967> [I am an.]
The life of Moses, the great prophet of Jehovah and lawgiver of the Jews, was exactly the same in length as the time Noah employed in preaching righteousness to the antediluvian world. These one hundred and twenty years were divided into three remarkable periods. Forty years he lived in Egypt, in the court of Pharaoh, acquiring all the learning and wisdom of the Egyptians (Ac 7:20, 23); forty years he sojourned in Midian, in a state of preparation for his great and important mission (Ac 7:29, 30); and forty years he guided, led, and governed the Israelites under the express direction and authority of God: in all 120 years.
able ... get <03201 03318> [I can no more.]
cross <05674> [Thou shalt not.]
God <0430> [thy God.]
Joshua <03091> [and Joshua.]
[Jesus.]
Lord <03068> [And the Lord.]
commandment <04687> [according.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
fear ... tremble <03372 06206> [fear not.]
fail <07503> [he will not fail.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
accompany <0935> [for thou must.]
going <01980> [he it is that.]
fail <07503> [he will be.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
gave <05414> [delivered.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
carry <05375> [which bare.]
appear <07200> [to appear.]
place <04725> [in the place.]
read <07121> [thou. shalt read.]
Gather <06950> [Gather.]
<0582> [men.]
hear .... learn <08085 03925> [that they may.]
death <04191> [that thou must die.]
commission <06680> [I may give.]
present ................... themselves <03320> [presented.]
die <07901> [thou shalt.]
die <07901> [sleep. Heb. lie down.]
{Shochaiv,} "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul {nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers."
prostitute <02181> [and go a.]
reject .... break <05800 06565> [forsake me.]
break ... covenant <06565 01285> [break my.]
anger <0639> [my anger.]
abandon <05800> [I will forsake.]
hide ... face <06440 05641> [hide my face.]
Though this may allude to the withdrawing of the {Shechinah,} or visible appearance of Jehovah, yet the general meaning of the expression in Scripture is, the withdrawing of his approbation and protection, of which his visible appearance was formerly the sign and pledge.
[befal them. Heb. find them.]
disasters <07451> [Are not these.]
