The Death of Aaron

Numbers 20

22 Now the children of Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed from g Kadesh h and came to Mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying: 24 "Aaron shall 1 be i gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah. 25 j "Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor; 26 "and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; for Aaron shall be gathered to his people and die there." 27 So Moses did just as the LORD commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 k Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and l Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 29 Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron m thirty days.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 33:37
    They moved from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the boundary of the land of Edom.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 21:4
    Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 25:8
    Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
    Deuteronomy 32:50
    And die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 33:38
    Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the LORD, and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
    Deuteronomy 32:50
    And die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 29:29
    And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them.
    Exodus 29:30
    That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place.
    Deuteronomy 10:6
    (Now the children of Israel journeyed from the wells of Bene Jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died, and where he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his stead.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 33:38
    Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the LORD, and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 50:3
    Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
    Genesis 50:10
    Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.
    Deuteronomy 34:8
    And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.
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