Numbers 20:24
“Aaron will shortly join his forefathers in death. He will not enter the country I have given the Israelites, because you both disobeyed my command at the waters of Meribah.
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In Context
23At Mount Hor, near the border with the country of Edom, the Lord told Moses and Aaron,
25Have Aaron and his son Eleazar join you and climb up Mount Hor together.
Cross References
Genesis 25:8when he breathed his last and died at a good old age. He had lived a full life, and now he joined his forefathers in death.
Genesis 35:29when he breathed his last and died at an old age. He had lived a full life, and now he joined his forefathers in death. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 49:33When Jacob finished giving these instructions he pulled up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and joined his forefathers in death.
Numbers 20:10Moses and Aaron had everyone gather in front of the rock. Moses said to them, “Listen, you bunch of rebels! Do we have to bring water out of this rock for you?”
Numbers 31:2“Punish the Midianites because of what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your forefathers in death.”
Judges 2:10Once that generation had passed away, the generation that followed did not know the Lord, or what he had done for Israel.
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 →