The death of Moses is the most devastating scene in the Torah—and the Talmud in Sotah 13b expands it into something almost unbearable.
Moses pleaded with God not to let him die. He offered every argument. He had led the people for forty years. He had brought the Torah down from Sinai. Let him at least enter the Land of Israel—not as a leader, but as an ordinary person. God refused. Moses asked to enter as an animal, a bird, anything. God refused.
When the moment came, God Himself attended to Moses's death. According to the Talmud, God told Moses: "Cross your hands over your chest. Close your eyes. Place your feet together." Then God summoned Moses's soul with a kiss. The proof text: "And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, by the mouth of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 34:5). "By the mouth"—literally, by God's kiss.
God buried Moses Himself. The verse says: "And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab" (Deuteronomy 34:6). The "He" is God. Rabbi Yishmael said Moses buried himself. Rabbi Akiva objected: the verse says "He buried him"—someone else performed the act. And who could bury Moses except God?
No one has ever found Moses's grave. The Talmud says that once, the Roman government sent a delegation to find it. When they stood on high ground and looked down, it appeared to be below. When they descended, it appeared to be above. They split into two groups—one looked up, one looked down. Both saw it in the opposite direction. The grave exists. It is simply not accessible to human beings.
Rabbi Berekhya said: the verse "no man knows his burial place" (Deuteronomy 34:6) applies even to Moses himself. He does not know where his own body lies. The man who spoke face to face with God was buried by God and hidden from all creation.