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Deuteronomy Chapter 34
Moses sees the promised land, but is not allowed to go into it. He dies at the age of 120 years. God buries his body secretly, and all Israel mourn for him thirty days. Joshua, replenished (by imposition of Moses' hands) with the spirit of God, succeeds. But Moses, for his special familiarity with God, and for most wonderful miracles, is commended above all other prophets.
English (Douay-Rheims)
1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab upon mount Nebo, to the top of Phasga over against Jericho: and the Lord showed him all the land of Galaad as far as Dan.
2 And all Nephtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasses, and all the land of Juda unto the furthermost sea,
3 And the south part, and the breadth of the plain of Jericho the city of palm trees as far as Segor.
4 And the Lord said to him: This is the land, for which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: I will give it to thy seed. Thou hast seen it with thy eyes, and shalt not pass over to it.
5 And Moses the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab, by the commandment of the Lord: Died there... This last chapter of Deuteronomy, in which the death of Moses is related, was written by Joshua, or by some of the prophets.
6 And he buried him in the valley of the land of Moab over against Phogor: and no man hath known of his sepulchre until this present day. He buried him, viz... by the ministry of angels, and would have the place of his burial to be unknown, lest the Israelites, who were so prone to idolatry, might worship him with divine honours.
7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, neither were his teeth moved.
8 And the children of Israel mourned for him in the plains of Moab thirty days: and the days of their mourning in which they mourned Moses were ended.
9 And Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands upon him. And the children of Israel obeyed him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.
10 And there arose no more a prophet in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
11 In all the signs and wonders, which he sent by him, to do in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land,
12 And all the mighty hand, and great miracles, which Moses did before all Israel.
Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899
Latin (Clementine Vulgate)
1 Ascendit ergo Moyses de campestribus Moab super montem Nebo, in verticem Phasga contra Jericho: ostenditque ei Dominus omnem terram Galaad usque Dan,
2 et universum Nephthali, terramque Ephraim et Manasse, et omnem terram Juda usque ad mare novissimum,
3 et australem partem, et latitudinem campi Jericho civitatis palmarum usque Segor.
4 Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Hæc est terra, pro qua juravi Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob, dicens: Semini tuo dabo eam. Vidisti eam oculis tuis, et non transibis ad illam.
5 Mortuusque est ibi Moyses servus Domini, in terra Moab, jubente Domino:
6 et sepelivit eum in valle terræ Moab contra Phogor: et non cognovit homo sepulchrum ejus usque in præsentem diem.
7 Moyses centum et viginti annorum erat quando mortuus est: non caligavit oculus ejus, nec dentes illius moti sunt.
8 Fleveruntque eum filii Israël in campestribus Moab triginta diebus: et completi sunt dies planctus lugentium Moysen.
9 Josue vero filius Nun repletus est spiritu sapientiæ, quia Moyses posuit super eum manus suas. Et obedierunt ei filii Israël, feceruntque sicut præcepit Dominus Moysi.
10 Et non surrexit ultra propheta in Israël sicut Moyses, quem nosset Dominus facie ad faciem,
11 in omnibus signis atque portentis, quæ misit per eum, ut faceret in terra Ægypti Pharaoni, et omnibus servis ejus, universæque terræ illius,
12 et cunctam manum robustam, magnaque mirabilia, quæ fecit Moyses coram universo Israël.
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