Guiding Questions: Deuteronomy 34

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. In Deuteronomy 32:29, what mountain is mentioned and is it the same as mentioned in verse 1?
  2. What is Moses shown?
  3. Are all the tribal areas mentioned or only some?
  4. In Deuteronomy 34:5, mention is made of the fact that “Moses died there”; where is “there”?
  5. And what is meant by the phrase (Deuteronomy 34:5) by God’s “command”?
  6. Does Deuteronomy 34:6 indicate who buried Moses (save that the verb is in the singular) or exactly where?
  7. As a matter of fact, text specifies that no one knows where Moses was buried “to this day”—which day?
  8. How does the final peroration describe Moses physically?
  9. And, how does text immediately transition to the future (Deuteronomy 34:8-9)?
  10. To what source and to what influence, and to what power does verse 9 ascribe Joshua’s authority?
  11. How does text give unique rank to Moshe in Deuteronomy 34:10?
  12. And, the Torah, having begun with “in the beginning,” ends with what word??

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