When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
Deuteronomy 34:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Back down in the Moabite plains, the Israelites mourned Moses’ death for thirty days. At that point, the time for weeping and for mourning Moses was over. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Israel wept for him in the plains of Moab for thirty days. And then the days of their wailing, during which they mourned Moses, were completed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Israel mourned for him in the plains of Moab thirty days. And the days of their mourning in which they mourned for Moses were ended. |
When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
They took forty days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him for seventy days.
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband, Uriah, had died, she mourned for him.
The righteous person perishes, and no one takes it to heart; the faithful are taken away, with no one realising that the righteous person is taken away because of evil.
When the whole community saw that Aaron had passed away, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
Moses was 120 years old when he died; his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not left him.
Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Samuel died, and all Israel assembled to mourn for him, and they buried him by his home in Ramah. David then went down to the Wilderness of Paran. ,