Moshe continues the tradition of Yaakov by blessing the
Tribes of Yisrael before his death.  Similar to the blessings
bestowed by Yaakov, these blessings are also a combination of the
description of each Tribe's essence, together with a definition
of its role within the nation of Israel.

The only Tribe that does not receive a blessing is Shimon,
because they were central to the mass immorality of worshipping
the idol ba'al pe'or.  Another explanation is that this Tribe's
population was small and scattered throughout the south
of the Land of Israel, and would therefore receive blessings together
with the host Tribe amongst whom they would live; i.e., Yehuda.

Moshe's last words to his beloved people are of reassurance
that G-d will more than recompense His people for all of the
suffering they will endure.  Moshe ascends the mountain and G-d
shows him prophetically all that will happen to Eretz Yisrael in the future,
both in tranquility and in times of oppression.  G-d also shows him
all that will happen to the Jewish People until the time of the Resurrection.

Moshe dies there by means of the "Divine Kiss."
To this day, no one knows the place of his burial, in order that his grave
should not become a shrine for those who wish to make a prophet into a god.

Of all the prophets, Moshe was unique in his being able to speak to
G-d whenever he wanted.  His centrality and stature are not a product
of the Jewish People's "blind faith," but are based on events that were
witnessed by an entire nation - at the Red Sea, at Mount Sinai
and constantly during 40 years of journeying through the desert.