Charles Ellicott Commentary Deuteronomy 31:14

"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting." — Deuteronomy 31:14 (ASV)

Deuteronomy 31:14–23. JOSHUA IS APPOINTED BY JEHOVAH TO MOSES’ PLACE.

Your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves. —What Moses had already done before Israel (Deuteronomy 31:1–8) is now ratified by Jehovah to Joshua and Moses.

Moses and Joshua went. —We may compare this scene with that which is described in Numbers 20:25-28, when Aaron and Eleazar went up to Mount Hor, in order that the priesthood might be transferred from one to the other. Elijah and Elisha, in like manner, went together over Jordan, when Elijah was about to depart (2 Kings 2:0). For the last time it is recorded here that Jehovah met Moses face to face in the tabernacle. Their next meeting was on Mount Nebo, and the next “within the veil !”