Lux Domini
And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,

What does Deuteronomy 34:2 mean?

Moses seemed unwilling to leave his work; but that being finished, he manifested no unwillingness to die. God had declared that he should not enter Canaan.

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Keep this verse inside Deuteronomy 34:1-4 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

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Glossary

Great Sea Place

(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.

Naphtali Person

My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid ( Gen. 30:8 ). When Jacob went down into Egypt, Naphtali had four sons ( Gen. 46:24 ). Little is known of him as an individual.