Numbers 20:29

And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

In Context

28And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:2And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.

Deuteronomy 34:8For thirty days the children of Israel were weeping for Moses in the table-lands of Moab, till the days of weeping and sorrow for Moses were ended.

Acts 8:2And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:23-29

The Edomites Refuse a Passage to Israel; The Death of Aaron. ( b. c. 1452.) 22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 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. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring… Read the whole commentary →

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