Deuteronomy 34:7

Verse 7 of 12. The 34th of 34 chapters in Deuteronomy, in The Law.

3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

4And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

5So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

6And 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.

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,

11In 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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Deuteronomy 34:7 in the World English Bible

Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his strength gone.
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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 34:7

His age, v. 7. His life was prolonged, 1. To old age. He was 120 years old, which, though far short of the years of the patriarchs, yet much exceeded the years of most of his contemporaries, for the ordinary age of man had been lately reduced to seventy, Ps. xc. 10. The years of the life of Moses were three forties.

Read Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 34:5–8: The Death of Moses. (b. c. 1451.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.