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Which Way Did Moses Go

The verse says at age 120 'Moses went' but didn't mention where he was going Some say to Heaven he was sent yet many Rabbis profess not knowing Though I'm neither Rabbi nor scholar I'll bet you ten bucks to a dollar That '24/7 with G-d' gave old Grandpa psychosis ~ so he moved right back in with Grandma Moses __________________________________ Deuteronomy 31:1 -- 'And Moses went, and he spoke the following words to all Israel.' (Translated from Hebrew by chabad.org)

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Michael Tor

Date: 10/3/2022 2:38:00 PM

Lol like your version Gerson...I believe he died and was buried. Aaron his brother took his place. He never got to go into the Promise land but he went to a better land and that was heaven...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/3/2022 6:37:00 PM

And where precisely Moses was buried nobody knew -- 'cos he survived in the hearts of 3 million Jews. :)

John Watt

Date: 10/3/2022 12:20:00 PM

Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. I suppose we supposes when looking for Moses someone buried his toeses ceremoniously. Cute and clever you are, gw ~ jw

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/3/2022 6:34:00 PM

Moses supposes... Jethro proposes... Granny opposes... And so it goeses.... :) gw

Terry Flood

Date: 10/3/2022 11:15:00 AM

At 120, he’s probably stood in a queue somewhere cackling to anyone who will listen, “I’m a hundred and twenty you know.” Fun write, Gershon. Mind you, for biblical times, 120 makes him barely a grown up. Wasn’t Noah building boats at 600 or so?

Gershon Wolf
Date: 10/3/2022 6:28:00 PM

Indeed, Noah was building boats at 600 or so.... But after the Flood, man stopped living so long. ~ Yawn