Numbers 20:24
'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 waters of Meribah.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
23And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying:
25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor.
Cross References
Genesis 25:8And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 35:29And Isaac expired, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Genesis 49:33And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.
Numbers 20:10And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them: 'Hear now, ye rebels; are we to bring you forth water out of this rock?'
Numbers 31:2'Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'
Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, that knew not the LORD, nor yet the work which He had wrought 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 →