In 1875, Cecil Francis Alexander penned a poem called The Burial of Moses. The opening stanza says

By Nebo’s lonely mountain
On this side Jordan’s wave
In a Vale in the land of Moab
There lies a lonely grave
And no man knows that sepulcher
And no man saw it e’er
For the angels of God upturned the sod
And laid the dead man there

In this class, we take a careful look at the texts related to Moses’s death and burial. Did Moses write about his death and burial? Did Joshua write this section? Do the texts provide clues as to where these events take place? Did Moses die on the mountain or in the valley?

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