What will they do now? Moses has died, and nobody even knows where he has been buried. Moses is the one who led the people of Israel out of Egypt, and all along the way in the wilderness. Now he is dead, and what will happen next? Maybe Moses' burial place was kept a secret so that the people wouldn't hang around his grave wringing their hands over the loss of their leader. The people have no time for self-pity. They are still on the wrong side of the Jordan. The journey is not yet complete. They are on their way to the land God promised them, but they aren't there yet. They need to move on, but how? Who will lead them? Who could possibly fill Moses' shoes? Some people are impossible to replace. A leader like Moses doesn't come along every day.

Moses had been larger than life. He was the…