texts workings- Deutronomy 1:1 cf Deutronomy 32:52
2007-05-15 11:22:01 · 12 answers · asked by luku 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Moses didn't write those things. He didn't write everything in the Pentateuch, and this would be one of the things he didn't write.
2007-05-15 11:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by Innokent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a couple of possibilities. We are told, for instnace, that God, and God alone, knows where Moses is buried. We also see him, quite alive, with Jesus on the Mt of Transfiguration...much later.
I don't know why he couldn't have continued to write...however, I don't really think that is the explanation. I just give it to you as a possibility, since, with God, nothing is impossible.
What I actually think is that Joshua, who loved Moses and who was his immediate successor, took up where Moses left off. That does seem the more reasonable possibility.
Of course, there are numberless other possibilities, but I don't see any point in listing them, as they are all pretty vague and unlikely.
God bless!!
2007-05-15 18:29:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you read down a little further you see that Moses sent out 12 spies to look over the land per the Lord's request. They came back and gave the report.
Deuteronomy 1
19 Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful desert that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea. 20 Then I said to you, "You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. 21 See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
22 Then all of you came to me and said, "Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to."
23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it. 25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, "It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us."
2007-05-15 18:53:00 · answer #3 · answered by preneswebb 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was common in the ancient world for the prime student of a great teacher to finish his teacher's unfinished work after he died.
The short answer is that most people assume that Joshua added text to the books of Moses in order to complete them, as was ancient custom in the near East.
2007-05-15 18:26:05 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could have sworn I just saw him the other day...long hair...sandals, right? He was rafting the Colorado River I believe.
The Jordan river is in Salt Lake City and I live in Moab...it's 237 miles south.
2007-05-18 10:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by moabmusher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were many people who did go over and did talk with Moses. There are lots and lots of ways he could have obtained the information.
2007-05-15 18:26:15 · answer #6 · answered by epaphras_faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God described and showed the Promise Land to him on Mount Nebo.
2007-05-15 18:29:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, because he talked to God, right? God told him about the promised land and of things across the Jordan.
2007-05-15 18:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by qtpie831 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because it was the land that was promised to them by God.
2007-05-15 18:24:24 · answer #9 · answered by lipglossaddiction 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God allowed him to see it from across the river, but not enter it.
2007-05-15 18:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by Darrin D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋