Deuteronomy 34:8

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

In Context

7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

Numbers 20:29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and godly men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 34:6-9

The Death of Moses. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord . 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. Here… Read the whole commentary →

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