How old was Moses when God chose him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt?

Answer 1

Amazingly enough he was 80 years old! Using chronology we can identify this time. At Moses death he was 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7). Because of their repeated disobedience and mistrust of God the Israelites were punished and made to wander in the wilderness for 40 years (during that time those disobedient Israelites would die-off only leaving their offspring behind).

Unfortunately, during that 40 year period, in a moment off anger Moses also sinned against God and was not allowed to enter the Promised Land. (Numbers 20:2-12) He died shortly before the nation entered.

So subtracting 40 years from his final age of 120 years we get our answer: 80 years old. Of course he received the strength to accomplish this great task of leading the nation of Israel from God. In fact at Deuteronomy 34:7 it states: "And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old at his death. His eyes had not grown dim, and his vital strength had not fled."

Answer 2

Answer 1

Moses would have been approximately 80 years old. The reason that the age is approximate is that a person can only be 80 years old exactly on his/her birthday. If it is a month after your birthday you are eighty and 1 month old. if it is six months after your birthday you are eighty and six months old. Therefore, Moses was approximately eighty years old.

Jewish answer:

Eighty years exactly, not approximately. Eighty years means from one's eightieth birthday until one's eighty-first birthday. The remainder is months, not years. Moses stood before Pharaoh a number of times over the course of several months.

Answer 3

Moses lived 120 years so 40 were in the palace, and he was 80 whe called him, he spent 40 years leading them.

Answer 4

He was 80 years old at the burning bush. See Acts 7 vs 23 and 30.