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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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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And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
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And 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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Passages linked to Numbers 20:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 34:8 The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
- Genesis 1:10 God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
- 2 Chronicles 35:24-25 So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- Acts 8:2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, mourned.
Or, mourned.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain When the congregation understood by the relation of Moses…
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When the congregation understood by the relation of Moses and Eleazar, and by other signs. So seeing is used Gen 42:1; Act 7:12.
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Thirty days; the time of public and solemn mourning for great persons. See Deu 34:8.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Saw - Understood by the relation of Moses and…
Saw - Understood by the relation of Moses and Eleazar, and by other signs. Thirty days - The time of publick and solemn mourning for great persons.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 20:29. Saw — Understood by the relation of…
Num 20:29. Saw — Understood by the relation of Moses and Eleazar, and by other signs. Thirty days — The time of public and solemn mourning for great persons.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Dead, in the 123d year of his age. (Menochius)…
Dead, in the 123d year of his age. (Menochius) --- Neither Moses, Aaron, nor Mary, representing the Law, the priests, and the prophets of the Old Testament, could introduce the people into the promised land. This honour was reserved for Josue, the illustrious figure of Jesus Christ, and of his Church. (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 When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead--Moses…
When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead--Moses and Eleazar were the sole witnesses of his departure (Num 20:28). According to the established law, the new high priest could not have been present at the funeral of his father without contracting ceremonial defilement (Lev 21:11). But that law was dispensed with in the extraordinary circumstances. The people learned the event not only from the recital of the two witnesses, but from their visible signs of grief and change; and this event betokened the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood (Heb 7:12).
they mourned for Aaron thirty days--the usual period of public and solemn mourning. (See on Deu 34:8).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. They mourned — Literally, wept. The same verb…
29. They mourned — Literally, wept. The same verb is thus translated in Deu_34:8. The Hebrew tongue is exceedingly copious in words expressing the various actions characteristic of mourning, such as beating the breast, weeping, screaming loudly, wearing sad-coloured garments, singing dirges, funeral feasting, rending the clothes, sprinkling ashes or earth on the person, removal of ornaments, neglect of the body, fasting, shaving the head, plucking out the beard or hair, laying bare some part of the person, covering the upper lip, cutting the flesh, and sitting or lying in silence. One marked feature of Oriental mourning is what may be called its studied publicity, and the careful observance of the prescribed ceremonies. Gen_23:2; 1Sa_11:4; 1Sa_30:4; 2Sa_15:30; Job_1:20; Job_2:8-13; Isa_15:3; Jer_3:21.
Thirty days — The customary period of mourning varied. In the case of Jacob it was seventy days in Egypt and seven in Canaan, (Gen_50:3; Gen_50:10, notes;) of Moses thirty, and of Saul seven, days.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They mourned for Aaron thirty days. The Egyptians prolonged…
They mourned for Aaron thirty days. The Egyptians prolonged their mourning for seventy days, (Gen_1:3) but thirty days seems to have been the longest period allowed among the Israelites. (cf. Deu_34:8)
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