Deuteronomy 34:8

And the sons of Israel lament Moses in the plains of Moab [for] thirty days; and the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses are completed.

Literal Standard Version

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 [is] a son of one hundred and twenty years when he dies; his eye has not become dim, nor has his moisture fled.

9And Joshua son of Nun is full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him, and the sons of Israel listen to him, and do as YHWH commanded Moses.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:3and they fulfill for him forty days, for so they fulfill the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.

Numbers 20:29and all the congregation sees that Aaron has expired, and all the house of Israel laments Aaron [for] thirty days.

Isaiah 57:1The righteous has perished, || And there is none laying [it] to heart, || And men of kindness are gathered, || Without any considering that from the face of evil || The righteous one is gathered.

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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