God had forewarned Moses, His faithful servant, on a few occasions that he would soon be facing death: “And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die” (Deut. 31: 14a); “And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers” (Deut. 31: 16a); “And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered” (Num. 27: 12-13 cf. Deut. 32: 49-50).

What went through Moses’ mind as he faced this inevitable appointment ordained by the Lord? One writer aptly observed:

“What thoughts must have filled Moses’ mind as he looked back on his long and eventful past! No doubt he recalled the different facets of his life: the son of a slave who became the son of a princess; a rich heir to the Egyptian throne who chose poverty and suffering with God’s oppressed people; a shepherd who heard the voice of God at a burning bush; a murderer who became the deliverer of over two million people and led them on a forty-year trek through the wilderness.