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Why, if god limited man's life to 120 years, did people live longer?

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John Williams
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10-02-2009 2:14 PM

120 year lifespan
I think that the 120 year limit may have been some sort of scribal insertion, maybe because Moses lived 120 years? Just a thought.
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110 or 120 was the ideal lifespan of the ancient Egyptians. Ramesses the great was 91.
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10-05-2009 9:12 PM 		Reply to: Message 212 by vikas11
10-05-2009 6:22 AM

Re: Holidays in spain
I think the topic was old people in the Bible...
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