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.
Read in contextNumbers 31:2
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Read in contextNumbers 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.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 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:
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextNumbers 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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