and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”
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and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”
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And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
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And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.'
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Passages linked to Numbers 20:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 20:24 “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.
- Exodus 29:29-30 “The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.
- Isaiah 22:21-22 and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your government into his hand; and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.
- Hebrews 7:11 Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 7:23-24 Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death. But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of his garments, to wit, of his priestly garments,…
Of his garments, to wit, of his priestly garments, Exo 28:2; Lev 8:7-9, in token of his resignation of his office. See the like Isa 22:15,19-21.
Put them upon Eleazar, by way of admission and inauguration of him to his office.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Moses did as the Lord commanded,.... Though it…
And Moses did as the Lord commanded,.... Though it must be very cutting, distressing, and afflicting to him, to part with a brother so dear to him, and who had been so many years a companion of him, and a partner with him in the care and government of the people of Israel; but it being the Lord's will, he submits unto it, and faithfully and readily obeyed his orders, as he always did:
and they went up into Mount Hor, in the sight of all the congregation; that is, Moses, Aaron, and Eleazar, and perhaps there might be some others that went with them as servants, to attend them and assist them in some things to be done, particularly in the burial of Aaron; they all saw Aaron go up, but he came down no more, and so it was ordered in this public manner, that they might be witnesses of the translation of the priesthood from Aaron to Eleazar, who, after this affair was over, came down with Moses.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain His garments - His priestly garments, in token of…
His garments - His priestly garments, in token of his resignation of his office. Put them on Eleazar - By way of admission and inauguration to his office.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. Strip Aaron of his garments] This was,…
Verse 26. Strip Aaron of his garments] This was, in effect, depriving him of his office; and putting the clothes on his son Eleazar implied a transfer of that office to him. A transfer of office, from this circumstance of putting the clothes of the late possessor on the person intended to succeed him, was called investing or investment, (clothing); as removing a person from an office was termed divesting or unclothing. Among the Catholics, and in the Church of England, this same method is used in degrading ecclesiastics. Hence such a degradation is termed by the common people stripping a man of his gown.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 20:26-27. His garments — His priestly garments, in…
Num 20:26-27. His garments — His priestly garments, in token of his resignation of his office. Put them upon Eleazar — By way of admission and inauguration to his office. In the sight of all the congregation — That their hearts might be more affected with their loss of so great a pillar, and that they all might be witnesses of the translation of the priesthood from Aaron to Eleazar.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The priestly garments, wherewith Moses had invested Aaron Lev…
The priestly garments, wherewith Moses had invested Aaron Lev 8:7-9, were put upon Eleazar by way of solemn transference of Aaron’s office to him; compare 1Ki 19:19.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Vesture, or pontifical attire. Eleazar had been anointed already,…
Vesture, or pontifical attire. Eleazar had been anointed already, so that perhaps he stood in need of no other ceremony to be acknowledged high priest. He was dispensed with on this occasion to attend his dying father. The spirit of God gives great encomiums to Aaron, Malachias ii. 4-7., and Ecclesiasticus xlv. 7, 27. He, at the same time, prefigured Christ, the gospel, and the old law. He spoke plainly, and was allowed to enter the holy of holies; while Moses was excluded, spoke with difficulty, and had a veil on his face. See St. Jerome, ep. ad Fab. man. 33. But on the other hand, he represented the law with all its defects. He falls into several great faults, and dies despoiled of his glorious vestments, to shew the abrogation of his priesthood. The pagans have, perhaps, introduced some parts of his history into that of Mercury, the god of thieves and of travellers, the messenger of the other gods, whom they adorn with a wand, &c., in imitation of the rod of Aaron, who was the interpreter of Moses, and the head of that people, which wandered for 40 years, after plundering Egypt. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain strip Aaron of his garments--that is, his pontifical robes,…
strip Aaron of his garments--that is, his pontifical robes, in token of his resignation. (See Isa 22:20-25).
put them on his son--as the inauguration into his high office. Having been formerly anointed with the sacred oil, that ceremony was not repeated, or, as some think, it was done on his return to the camp.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Strip Aaron of his garments — The high…
26. Strip Aaron of his garments — The high priest was to be disrobed before death, because his robes, the ordained investiture of his successor, (Exo_29:29,) would be defiled by contact with his dead body. Num_5:2; Lev_10:5, notes.
Put them upon Eleazar — Eleazar was inducted into office before his father’s death in order that there might be no interruption in the high priesthood.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. his garments] the official high-priest’s vestments, with which…
26. his garments] the official high-priest’s vestments, with which Eleazar was robed, in token of his succession to the office; cf. Deu_10:6.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) And strip Aaron of his garments.—Thus the same…
(26) And strip Aaron of his garments.—Thus the same hands which had invested Aaron with the sacred garments were employed in divesting him of them, and, in both cases, in obedience to the express command of God. The removal of the priestly robes from Aaron may be regarded as typical of the future disannulling of his priesthood when a priest after the order of Melchizedek should arise. “The succession of the priesthood,” says Dean Stanley (who refers to Ewald’s Geschichte, 5:13), “was made through that singular usage, preserved even to the latest days of the Jewish hierarchy, by the transference of the vestments and drapery of the dead High Priest to the living successor.” (Lectures on Jewish History, 1:182.)
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