Verse 8

The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the time of mourning was over.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 50:3 : 3 They took forty days for him, because that is how long the embalming process takes, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
  • Gen 50:10 : 10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they held a great and solemn lamentation. Joseph observed seven days of mourning for his father.
  • Num 20:29 : 29 When the whole community saw that Aaron had died, they mourned for him thirty days—all the house of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 25:1 : 1 Samuel died, and all Israel gathered to mourn for him. They buried him at his home in Ramah, and David went down to the wilderness of Paran.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
  • Acts 8:2 : 2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.