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.
2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old. Although Moses had been often proudly and disdainfully rejected, it could not but be the case, nevertheless, that his departure would both awaken the deepest sorrow, and inspire them with much alarm.
Moses could not cross Jordan himself, yet he would not abandon Israel without a word of encouragement. Though Joshua would lead them in battle, they would miss Moses interceding for them on the hill. But God had set His limit: his time to serve was finished, and he acquiesced, for what man should desire to live longer than God has work for him to do?
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Commenting on Deuteronomy 31:1-8
The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee,.... This he said to encourage the people of Israel; that though he should die, and not go over with them, their ever living and true God, the great Jehovah, the Lord of hosts, he would go before them, and fight their battles for them; so that they had nothing to fear from their enemies: and...