Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day." — Deuteronomy 34:6 (ASV)
And he buried him. —Moses is alone in this honour. The Son of God was buried by sinful men. Moses was buried by Jehovah.
But no man knoweth of his sepulchre. —I have always believed that the contention between Michael and the devil about the body of Moses (Jude 1:9) was, in fact, a struggle for his body—that Moses was to be raised from the dead, and that Satan resisted his resurrection. When the contest took place we cannot say. But Moses, who died and was buried, and Elijah, who was translated, "appeared in glory" on the holy mount, and the New Testament gives no hint of difference between them. We do not know how Moses could have appeared as a disembodied spirit so as to be seen by men.