Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people;
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Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people;
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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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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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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 32:50 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 25:8 Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
- Numbers 33:38 Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh 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.
- Genesis 15:15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- Genesis 25:17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 49:33 When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
- Numbers 20:24-29 “Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor; and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.” Moses did as Yahweh commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
- Daniel 12:13 “But go your way until the end; for you will rest, and will stand in your inheritance at the end of the days.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Yet thou shalt see the land before thee,.... Which…
Yet thou shalt see the land before thee,.... Which Jarchi interprets, afar off; and so does Noldius (c); he saw it at a distance, as the Old Testament saints saw the things promised afar off, and were persuaded of them, though they did not enjoy them, Heb 11:13,
but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel; the land of Canaan was a gift of God to Israel, into which they were not to be introduced by Moses, but by Joshua; signifying that eternal life, or the heavenly Canaan, is the gift of God through Christ, the antitype of Joshua, and not to obtained by the works of the law.
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(c) Ebr. part. Concord. p. 626. so Ainsworth.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 50. And die in the mount - as…
Verse 50. And die in the mount - as Aaron] Some have supposed that Moses was translated; but if so, then Aaron was translated, for what is said of the death of the one is said of the death of the other.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 32:50. And died in the mount — Not…
Deu 32:50. And died in the mount — Not immediately, but after he had blessed the people, as in the next chapter. Be gathered unto thy people — We seem to be compelled to understand this of the soul of Moses, to be associated in paradise with the souls of the just, here termed his people; in which sense it is taken by some of the Jewish writers. For if it were to be interpreted of his body only, or chiefly, it could hardly be said to be sense, since the people of Moses were not buried in mount Abarim. See on Gen 25:8.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 50. unto thy people] Better thy father’s folk, as…
50. unto thy people] Better thy father’s folk, as always in this phrase. The word, ‘am, originally meant this, but in Heb. is usually widened to people, while in Ar. it = ‘father’s brother’ and ‘father’s brother’s children’ (Driver). The whole phrase is frequent in P, Gen_25:8; Gen_35:29, Num_20:24; Num_20:26, etc., and is found nowhere else.
on Hor, the mountain] Always so in P; cp. Num_20:22-29; Num_21:4; Num_33:37-41. Contr. above Deu_10:6 (E).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (50, 51) And die in the mount . .…
(50, 51) And die in the mount . . . as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor . . . because ye trespassed against me.—It may be asked why Moses and Aaron should both have been made to ascend a mountain to die. I believe a clue to the reason may be found in the words and act which constituted their transgression. They were bidden to speak to the rock in Kadesh, and they struck it. The words which Moses used on that occasion were, “Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this cliff (Selagh)?” The last words of the sentence are emphatic; and the rock is described as a cliff, not by the name given to the Rock in Horeb (Tzûr). The emphasis laid upon these words has been much discussed by Jewish commentators, though it escapes English readers. I suspect that the mistake Moses and Aaron made, in thinking it needful to strike the cliff, also led them to think it necessary to ascend it, instead of gathering the congregation together beneath it, and speaking to it from below. This view harmonises with the spiritual significance of the act. The smitten Rock in Horeb was Christ; the Cliff not to be smitten in Kadesh pointed also to Christ, ascended now, needing only the prayer of faith to call down all that He will give. And so Moses himself taught, in some of his latest words. “It is not in heaven that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us? . . . But the word is nigh thee, in thy mouth.”
The impatient words of Moses, after toiling up the cliff with his brother Aaron, had to be recompensed by their ascending mount Hor and mount Nebo to die. Moses, as the more responsible of the two, had to ascend on each occasion, for his brother’s death and for his own. The remembrance of his brother’s death in the Lord may well have comforted Moses in the prospect of his own.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And be thou gathered unto thy people. "To Abraham,…
And be thou gathered unto thy people. "To Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This signifies," saith R. Isaac, "that he should be associated and joined to the souls of the just who are called his people. For the people of Moses were not buried in Mount Abarim, and therefore he doth not speak of gathering his body to their bodies, but of his soul to their souls ("Chissute Emuna," L 11)" (Patrick).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh finishes speaking to Moses.
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be gathered to your people
This is a polite way of saying Moses' spirit would join the spirits of his relatives in the world of the dead. AT: "join your ancestors who died before you" (See: Euphemism)
Mount Hor
This is the name of a mountain on the border of Edom. (See: How to Translate Names)
Meribah
This is the name of the place in the desert where Moses disobeyed God. (See: How to Translate Names)
wilderness of Zin
This is the name of a wilderness on the southern border of Judah. (See: How to Translate Names)
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die
people group
Aaron
Israel
faithful
water
Kadesh
desert
honor
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 32:50 The location of Mount Hor is uncertain, but…
32:50 The location of Mount Hor is uncertain, but the traditional location (Jebel Haroun) is within sight of the Nabatean city of Petra (see Num 20:22-29). • The phrase joined his ancestors is a euphemism for burial.
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