Numbers 20:29

When the people realized that Aaron had died, they all mourned for him for thirty days.

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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

28Moses removed the priestly clothes that Aaron was wearing and put them on Aaron's son Eleazar. Aaron died there, on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar went back down.

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Cross References

Genesis 23:2and then she died at Kiriath-arba (or Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn her death and to weep over her.

Deuteronomy 34:8The Israelites mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the time of mourning was over.

Acts 8:2(Some faithful followers of God buried Stephen, with great mourning.)

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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