Deuteronomy 31:2

And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hundred	מֵאָה֩ me.'Ah	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine singular absolute
twenty	וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים ve.'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֤ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
day	הַיּ֔וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
can	אוּכַ֥ל 'u.Khal	H3201	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
out	לָצֵ֣את la.Tzet	H3318	to go (causatively · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
in	וְלָב֑וֹא ve.la.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
LORD	וַֽיהוָה֙ va.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · conjunction + proper noun, a title
said	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
over	תַעֲבֹ֖ר ta.'a.Vor	H5674	to cross over · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּ֥ן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Numbers 27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregati…
1 Kings 3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or…
Exodus 7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Numbers 20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shal…
Deuteronomy 3:26-27 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me…
Numbers 27:13-14 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Deuteronomy 1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Loth to part (we say) bids oft farewell. Moses does so to the children of Israel: not because he was loth to go to God, but because he was loth to leave them, fearing that when he had left them they would leave God. He had finished what he had to say to them by way of counsel and exhortation: here he calls them together to give them a word of encouragement, especially with reference to the wars of Canaan, in which they were now to engage. It was a discouragement to them that Moses was to be removed at a time when he could so ill be spared: though Joshua was continued to fight for them in the valley, they would want Moses to intercede for them on the hill, as he did, Exo 17:10. But there is n…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:2

also the Lord hath said--should be "for the Lord hath said" thou shalt not go over this Jordan. While taking a solemn leave of the people, Moses exhorted them not to be intimidated by the menacing opposition of enemies; to take encouragement from the continued presence of their covenanted God; and to rest assured that the same divine power, which had enabled them to discomfit their first assailants on the east of Jordan, would aid them not less effectually in the adventurous enterprise which they were about to undertake, and by which they would obtain possession of "the land which He had sworn unto their fathers to give them."

John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:2

And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day,.... Whether the meaning is, that that day precisely was his birthday, is a question; it may be the sense is only this, that he was now arrived to such an age; though Jarchi takes it in the first sense, to which are objected his words in Deuteronomy 31:14; yet it seems by Deuteronomy 32:48 that having delivered to the children of Israel the song he was ordered this day to write, on the selfsame day he was bid to go up to Mount Nebo and die: and it is a commonly received tradition with the Jews, that Moses died on the same day of the month he was born; See Gill on Deuteronomy 34:7. I can no more go out and come in; not that…

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Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy — In all the Hebrew manuscripts the Pentateuch (q.v.) forms one roll or volume divided into larger and smaller sections called parshioth_ and _sedarim. It is not easy to say when it was divided into…
Geber — A valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon’s purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31).
Jordan, The River · Moses not allowed to cross — Moses not allowed to cross

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 31:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:2

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 31:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 31:2

John Gill on Deuteronomy 31:2

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 31:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 31:1-29

Rashi on Deuteronomy 31:2