Numbers 20:24
“Aaron must be gathered to his people, for he will not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel. This is because you both rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
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In Context
23Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on Edom's border. He said,
25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor.
Cross References
Genesis 25:8Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man with a full life, and he was gathered to his people.
Genesis 35:29Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his ancestors, an old man full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
Genesis 49:33When Jacob finished these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and went to his people.
Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock. Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels. Must we bring water out of this rock for you?”
Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After doing that, you will die and be gathered to your people.”
Judges 2:10All that generation was also gathered to their fathers. Another generation grew up after them who did not know Yahweh 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 →