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Deuteronomy 34:8

Deuteronomy 34:8 is verse 8 of Deuteronomy chapter 34, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

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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.

World English Bible

The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.

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Deuteronomy 34:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

10 Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

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Hebrew words

וַיִּבְכּוּ֩and they wept for בְנֵ֨י[the] people of יִשְׂרָאֵ֧לIsrael אֶת<obj.>מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses בְּעַֽרְבֹ֥תin [the] desert plains of מוֹאָ֖בMoab שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty י֑וֹםday[s]וַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּand they were completed יְמֵ֥י[the] days of בְכִ֖י[the] weeping of אֵ֥בֶל[the] mourning of מֹשֶֽׁהMoses

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 50:3
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:10
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

Numbers 20:29
When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

1 Samuel 25:1
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

Acts 8:2
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

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