He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. He buried him, that is 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. Challoner.—S. Michael therefore contended with satan about his body. Jude 9. Some have maintained that Josue and Eleazar performed these last rights to their deceased lawgiver. Calmet.—But then some men would have known where he was buried. Bible.—Day. It is pretended that Jeremias discovered the place, 2 Maccabees 2:4. 5: He found, indeed, a hollow cave … and so stopped the door. Yet this does not prove that he found the sepulchre of Moses, ( Calmet.) who was buried in some valley over against Phogor, but it is not said in a cave. Bible.—Cajetan infers from the body of Moses not being buried in the mountain, that it was conveyed by angels to some vale, where his attendants could not see him.