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It's also worth pointing out that all the Abrahamic religions predict a 120-year limit, which prediction dates back thousands of years (Genesis 6:3). So regardless of your opinion of Abrahamic religions, there are a lot of people who would care a great deal about verifying those extra three years!

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I can't speak for other religions, but in Judaism, the 120 is used in common practice to mean "long life". It's how long Moses lived.

The interpretation of the 120 years reference is more complicated. See https://www.aish.com/atr/120-Year-Lifespan.html

Why did Moses et al. take 40 years to move from Egypt to Canaan? (about 200 miles)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Spies#Consequences

The other explanation is that God was saying he was going to bring the flood in 120 years.

>all the Abrahamic religions predict a 120-year limit

Do you have any more information on this? It sounds like interesting reading, but all I can find on Google is a link to this post.

https://www.versebyverseministry.org/bible-answers/are-peopl...

from https://www.google.com/search?q=bible+120+year+age+limit

There were exceptions after the flood. In the Book of Chronicles we have Jehoiada who died 130 years old. (2 Chr. 24:15)

According to Professor Gershwin:

Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But who calls dat livin' When no gal will give in To no man what's nine hundred years ?

Hinduism (Vedas) sets 120 years as human lifespan (provided it is lived according to dharma, transgressions reduce it a proportionally). That's where all other religions got it form.

That's very interesting if true. Can you give any reference? All I can find through search engines is some references to "about 100 years" and a single thread where someone mentions a 120 year prediction but then the rest of the thread is everyone else correcting that person.

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