DAILY CONTEMPLATION

July 17, 2025 ~ Epep 10, 1741

“So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab by the word of the Lord.” (Deut 34:5 OSB)
Moses’ death is recorded to have been even more sublime than his life…
We do not read of [Moses], as we do of others, that he fell sick and died.
We read that “he died by the word of God”… 
not “in accordance with the word” —
so as to make known that this was not an announcement of his death
but was more in the nature of a gracious gift to one
who was translated rather than left here and whose sepulcher was known to no one
Early Church Fathers