And there in that place died Moses, servant of our Lord, as God commanded, and was buried in the vale of the land of Moab against Beth-peor.

The prophet then predicts the desolation of Moab on account of its pride, which seems to have been its peculiar offence.

HOW RUTH COURTED BOAZ It came to pass during a famine that a certain man went to sojourn in the country of Moab with his wife, whose name was Naomi, and two sons.