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Moses' departure from the scene is almost as sudden and mysterious as his entrance, and the narrator's inability to locate Moses' burial place ensures that, like the prophet Elijah, his death will be viewed by later generations as partly inexplicable and so potentially supernatural.

Certainly, no natural cause is given for Moses' death. It was left to later generations of commentators to "speculate that Moses was prevented from crossing over into the "Promised Land" as a punishment.

Question:

Why is Moses kept, at the last, from entering the Promised Land? Hasn't he served God faithfully enough to deserve more than a glimpse of the land he has struggled so hard to regain?