Deuteronomy 34:5

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there, in the land of Moab,.... Which formerly belonged to Moab, and was taken from them by Sihon king of the Amorites, and now in the possession of Israel: here…

According to the word of the Lord - It denotes that Moses died, not because his vital powers were exhausted, but by the sentence of God, and as a punishment for his sin. Compare Deu 32:51.

Here is, I. The death of Moses (Deu 34:5): Moses the servant of the Lord died. God told him he must not go over Jordan, and, though at first he prayed earnestly for the reversing of the sentence yet…

the servant of Jehovah] So JE, Num 12:7 f., my servant, and as here, Jos 1:1 f., Jos 1:7; Jos 1:13; Jos 1:15, etc.

according to the word of, etc.] Lit. mouth of, frequent in P.