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Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records Moses’ death immediately after his secret burial in Moab and immediately before the Israelites’ thirty-day mourning period.
The words — The Hebrew כָּהֲתָה (kha.ha.Tah) literally means it had grown dim, modifying eyes, and בֶּן (ben) functions idiomatically to mark chronological age.
The thread — Deut 31:2 records Moses announcing his age and declining mobility, while Josh 14:10 and Gen 27:1 contrast this preserved vigor with normal aging or other leaders' decline.
Why it lands — The text reports physical preservation at death without attributing it to a specific cause, leaving the reader to note the contrast between his announced limitations in Deut 31:2 and his unimpaired state at burial.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 31:2 he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
- Joshua 14:10 Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Genesis 27:1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- Genesis 48:10 Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- Acts 7:36 He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
- Acts 7:30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
- Acts 7:23 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.