📜WEB · Deuteronomy 34:8
What does Deuteronomy 34:8 mean?
"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."
— Deuteronomy 34:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word.
He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.
Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
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.
Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face,
in all the signs and the wonders, which Yahweh 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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