Numbers 20:24
"Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
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In Context
23The Lord spoke to 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 to Mount Hor;
Cross References
Genesis 25:8Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 35:29Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
Genesis 49:33When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
Numbers 20:10Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you water out of this rock for you?"
Numbers 31:2"Avenge the children of Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
Judges 2:10Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know the Lord, nor yet the work which he had worked 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 →