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Numbers 33:38

AaronIsraelEgyptMount Hor

36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

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.

39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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 had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
ASV
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
DARBY
And Aaron the priest went up mount Hor by the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month.
BLB
And Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the mouth of YHWH, and died there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel of the land of Egypt, on the first of the Fifth month.
ÅB
Da gikk Aron, presten, etter Herrens befaling opp på fjellet Hor, og der døde han i det firtiende år etter at Israels barn var gått ut av Egypt, i den femte måned, på den første dag i måneden.
OTB
På Herrens befaling gikk Aron presten opp på fjellet Hor, hvor han døde i det førtiende året etter at israelittene kom ut av Egypt, på den første dagen i den femte måneden.
B1930
Da gikk Aron, presten, efter Herrens befaling op på fjellet Hor, og der døde han i det firtiende år efterat Israels barn var gått ut av Egyptens land, i den femte måned, på den første dag i måneden.

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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