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Deuteronomy 34:8 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 34 · verse 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.Deuteronomy 34:8 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 34:8 in context
6And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
7And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
8And 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.
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.
10And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- mourningʼêbellamentationH60 →
- weepingBᵉkîya weepingH1065 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- plainsʻărâbâha desertH6160 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
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Here is, I. The death of Moses (Deu 34:5): Moses the servant of the Lord died. God told him he must not go over Jordan, and, though at first he prayed earnestly for the reversing of the sentence yet God's answer to his prayer sufficed him, and now he spoke no more of that matter, Deu 3:26.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-8