Deuteronomy 34:8

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 dimmed, and his natural force had not 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 had commanded Moses.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:3And they fulfilled for him forty days: for so they fulfill the days of those that are embalmed; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

Numbers 20:29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was departed, 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 pious men are taken away, without one considering that before the evil the righteous is taken away.

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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