The Deuteronomy 34 quiz below covers the closing twelve verses of Moses’ life: the ascent of the mountain, the LORD’s showing of the land, the death and burial, and the testimony that no prophet has since arisen like unto him.
Continue with the Deuteronomy 33 quiz on the tribal blessings spoken just before this chapter, the Joshua quiz on the conquest that follows, or the whole-book Deuteronomy quiz.
Deuteronomy 34 Quiz Questions and Answers
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Answer 1: C. The chapter names two parts of the same elevation: Nebo as the mountain itself, Pisgah as its summit. From there Moses saw what he could not enter.
KJV Reference: “And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan” (Deuteronomy 34:1).
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Answer 2: A. The phrase locates the southern terminus of what Moses was shown: down through the valley of Jericho (Jericho being the city of palm trees) unto Zoar.
KJV Reference: “And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar” (Deuteronomy 34:3).
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Answer 3: D. Moses’ life divides into three forty-year stretches: forty in Egypt, forty in Midian, forty leading Israel. He died at exactly the threefold span.
KJV Reference: “And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated” (Deuteronomy 34:7).
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Answer 4: B. The promise is referred all the way back to the patriarchs. The land is not Moses’ achievement nor Israel’s earning; it is the LORD’s old oath being kept.
KJV Reference: “And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither” (Deuteronomy 34:4).
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Answer 5: E. The transfer of leadership had a tangible sign: hands laid by Moses upon Joshua’s head. The wisdom is not invented for the new role; it is conferred through the man who is leaving it.
KJV Reference: “And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses” (Deuteronomy 34:9).
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Answer 6: C. The mourning matched what would later be done for Aaron at Mount Hor: a full month, openly observed by the entire camp before they could move on.
KJV Reference: “And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended” (Deuteronomy 34:8).
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Answer 7: B. The hiddenness is deliberate. The LORD himself buried Moses, and the location is deliberately concealed from the people who might have made it a shrine.
KJV Reference: “And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day” (Deuteronomy 34:6).
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Answer 8: A. Moses did not die because his body had failed. The LORD called him at the appointed hour, while his sight and his strength were still intact.
KJV Reference: “And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated” (Deuteronomy 34:7).
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Answer 9: D. The closing verses give Moses a unique standing among all the prophets. Knowing the LORD face to face is the Pentateuch’s highest description of human-divine encounter.
KJV Reference: “And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face” (Deuteronomy 34:10).
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Answer 10: C. The vision moves north to south through the future tribal allotments: from Gilead all the way down through Judah to the southern wilderness and the western sea.
KJV Reference: “And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea” (Deuteronomy 34:1-2).
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Answer 11: B. The title “servant of the LORD” is the title given to Moses at the moment of his death (not “man of God” or “prophet,” though both are used elsewhere), and it becomes the title used of him through later books.
KJV Reference: “So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD” (Deuteronomy 34:5).
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Answer 12: D. The closing verse looks backward over the whole life: signs in Egypt, the parting of the sea, the wilderness wonders. Moses’ final epitaph is “mighty hand and great terror” wrought before the people.
KJV Reference: “And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel” (Deuteronomy 34:12).
And then the verdict: there has not been another prophet like him. The book that began with Moses speaking on the plains of Moab ends with the LORD speaking over his grave. The reader closes Deuteronomy and turns the page, and Joshua begins. The story does not end. It only changes hands. May we, like the children of Israel that day, hearken unto the one to whom the LORD now leads us, and walk forward into the promise we have been shown.
Explore more Bible quizzes:
- Deuteronomy 33 Quiz: the tribal blessings of Moses spoken just before this final ascent.
- Deuteronomy 32 Quiz: the Song of Moses sung in the hearing of the people.
- Whole-Book Deuteronomy Quiz: covering all thirty-four chapters of Moses’ farewell address.
- Joshua Quiz: the book of conquest that begins immediately where Deuteronomy ends.
- Pentateuch Quiz: questions spanning all five books of Moses.
