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Numbers 27:13

Aaron
Death and loss

11 And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;

14 for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

15 So Moses appealed to the LORD,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
KJV
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
WEB
When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
ASV
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
DARBY
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother was gathered,
BLB
And you shall see it and shall be gathered to your people, even you, as Aaron your brother was gathered.
ÅB
Og når du har sett det, da skal du og samles til dine fedre slik som din bror Aron ble samlet til sine fedre,
OTB
Når du har sett det, skal du forenes med dine forfedre, slik din bror Aron gjorde,
B1930
Og når du har sett det, da skal du og samles til dine fedre likesom din bror Aron blev samlet til sine fedre,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 10:6

    The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.

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  • Numbers 31:2

    “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

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  • Numbers 20:24–28

    “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

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  • Genesis 25:8

    And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:50

    And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

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  • Genesis 25:17

    Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

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  • Numbers 33:38

    At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.

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