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After 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses died on Mount Nebo at the age of 120, within sight of the Promised Land. [12] The majority of scholars see the biblical Moses as a legendary figure, while retaining the possibility that Moses or a Moses-like figure existed in the 13th century BCE.
Moses dies on Mount Nebo, at the age of 120, around February 5 (Deuteronomy 34:1 - 8). He loses his life by God's hand and is buried in an undisclosed location. The Israelites mourn for him for one month before making their preparations to enter the Promised Land.
Covers the history of the Jewish nation, from Moses and the Exodus to King David and the prophets Daniel and Isaiah. Age of Christ—c. 4 BC to AD 1840. Covers the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus; the apostles; the Reformation; and the final events of earth’s history.
Moses was born 2410 years after the creation of Adam and 80.5 years before the Exodus (2490.5 years after the creation of Adam. So, Moses, a type of Messiah, was born 1480 years after Adam died (at 930).
What was Moses' role in Egypt before he had to flee the country? What did he do for the first eighty years of his life? When was he called by God? How long did Egypt's ten plagues last? This is part one of a two part timeline series on the life of Moses. The second part of the series covers his life from the Exodus until his death.
Moses died on the seventh of Adar. The Talmud proves this as follows: In Deuteronomy 34:8 we read that the Jews mourned for thirty days following Moses' death in the Plains of Moab. This area borders Israel, just east of the Jordan River.
Thus died Moses, G‑d's faithful servant and Israel's loyal shepherd, in the land of Moab, in full view of the Holy land, towards which he had led the children of Israel during forty years of wandering through the desert. Moses was 120 years old when he died.
