KJV 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.
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Deuteronomy 34:8
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.
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BSB 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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses are completed.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 34
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 Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
7 And Moses [was] an 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.
9 And 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.
10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
11 In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּבְכּוּ֩H1058 · ba.khahto weepבְנֵ֨יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֧לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מֹשֶׁ֛הH4872 · mo.shehMosesבְּעַֽרְבֹ֥תH6160 · a.ra.vahArabahמוֹאָ֖בH4124 · mo.avMoabשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyי֑וֹםH3117 · yomdayוַֽיִּתְּמ֔וּH8552 · ta.mamto finishיְמֵ֥יH3117 · yomdayבְכִ֖יH1065 · be.khiweepingאֵ֥בֶלH60 · e.velmourningמֹשֶֽׁה׃H4872 · mo.shehMoses
Cross-references
Genesis 50:3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.Numbers 20:29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.Genesis 50:10And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.Acts 8:2And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].1 Samuel 25:1And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
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