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title: "Deuteronomy 34 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate"
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description: "Moses seeth the promised land, but is not suffered to go into it. He dieth… Deuteronomy 34 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# Deuteronomy 34

Deuteronomy 34 is chapter 34 of 34 in the Book of Deuteronomy. Here are all 12 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Moses seeth the promised land, but is not suffered to go into it. He dieth at the age of 120 years. God burieth his body secretly, and all Israel mourn for him thirty days. Josue, replenished (by imposition of Moses's hands) with the spirit of God, succeedeth. But Moses, for his special familiarity with God, and for most wonderful miracles, is commended above all other prophets.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Deuteronomy 34 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Therefore, Moses ascended from the plains of Moab onto Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, opposite Jericho. And the Lord revealed to him the entire land of Gilead, as far as Dan,
2. and all of Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and the entire land of Judah, even to the furthest sea,
3. and the southern region, and the breadth of the plain of Jericho, the city of palms, as far as Zoar.
4. And the Lord said to him: “This is the land, about which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: I will give it to your offspring. You have seen it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over to it.”
5. And Moses, the servant of the Lord, died in that place, in the land of Moab, by order of the Lord.
6. And he buried him in the valley of the land of Moab, opposite Peor. And no man knows where his sepulcher is, even to the present day.
7. Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dimmed, nor were his teeth displaced.
8. And the sons of Israel wept for him in the plains of Moab for thirty days. And then the days of their wailing, during which they mourned Moses, were completed.
9. Truly, Joshua, the son of Nun, was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him. And the sons of Israel were obedient to him, and they did as the Lord instructed Moses.
10. And no other prophet rose up in Israel like Moses, one whom the Lord knew face to face,
11. one with all the signs and wonders, which he sent through him, to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh, and all his servants, and his entire land,
12. nor one with such a powerful hand and such great miracles as Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

## Deuteronomy 34 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

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.

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 5: This last chapter of Deuteronomy, in which the death of Moses is related, was written by Josue, or by some of the prophets.
- Verse 6: “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.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Aug 11, 2027 (computed): St. Clare, Virgin — First Reading, Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).