Numbers 27:13

11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,

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.

Compare

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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 10:6

    And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.

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  • Numbers 31:2

    Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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  • Numbers 20:24–28

    Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

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  • Genesis 25:8

    Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:50

    And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

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  • Genesis 25:17

    And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

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  • Numbers 33:38

    And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

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