English: Why “on that very day”? Because Israel were saying, “We will not allow Moshe to die.” The Holy One said: Behold, I will bring him into the cave to die in the middle of the day, and whoever has the power to protest, let him come and protest.
The classical source expands or derives a specific point from the language of the passuk. The Core Text above is the relevant region of interest.
Type of Learning
Custom (A historical and theological explanation of the public timing of Moshe’s death.)
What Is Learned
Hashem timed Moshe’s death for broad daylight so that no one could claim that the people had prevented it or that it occurred in secret. The open timing itself demonstrates that the decree was irreversible and under divine authority alone.