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Numbers 20:27-28

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.

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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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • KJV King James Version

    And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

    And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Moses did as the LORD commanded; and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

    And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

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  • Where did Aaron die?

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Cross-references (15)

  • Deuteronomy 10:6 (v28) (The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son…
  • Exodus 29:29-30 (v28) “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…
  • Numbers 20:26 (v28) and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”
  • Numbers 27:16-23 (v28) “Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, who may go out before them, and who may come in…
  • Numbers 33:38-49 (v28) 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…
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  • Deuteronomy 31:7-8 (v28) Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the…
  • Deuteronomy 32:49-50 (v28) “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across from Jericho; and see the land of Canaan,…
  • Deuteronomy 34:5 (v28) So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word.
  • Deuteronomy 34:9 (v28) Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. The children of Israel listened to him, and…
  • 1 Chronicles 22:11-12 (v28) Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you. May Yahweh…
  • 1 Chronicles 22:17 (v28) David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
  • 1 Chronicles 28:5-9 (v28) Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh’s kingdom over Israel. He…
  • Acts 20:25-29 (v28) “Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more. Therefore I testify to you…
  • Hebrews 7:24-25 (v28) But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable. Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near…
  • 2 Peter 1:15 (v28) Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.

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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv27–28 That their hearts might be more affected with their…

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, and therefore might give him the honour due to him.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv27–28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments,.... His priestly…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv27–28 In the sight of all the congregation - That…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v28 Verse 28. And Aaron died there] Hence, as Dr.…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v28 Num 20:28. And Moses stripped Aaron — And death…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v28 Aaron died there in the top of the mount--(See…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv27–28 27. In the sight of all the congregation —…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv27–28 (27) And they went up into Mount Hor .…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v28 Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v28 The death of Aaron marks the end of the…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v27 thirty days
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v27 20:27-29 Priestly authority was transferred when Moses placed Aaron’s…
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