Deuteronomy 31:2

2. I am a hundred and twenty years old this day The life of Moses is divided into three periods of forty years each. He was forty years old when he fled from Egypt to Midian. He was eighty when he stood before Pharaoh and told him to let the people go. And forty years of wandering in the wilderness are now drawing to a close. Compare the speech of Stephen in Acts 7:0; also Exodus 7:7; Deuteronomy 34:7.

I can no more go out and come in Though his eye is not dim nor his natural force abated, Moses is conscious that the infirmities of age will render him unsuited for the burdens he has hitherto borne.

Also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan There is a sad reminder in these words both of his own and the people’s sin. Comp. Deuteronomy 3:27.