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50 Then you shall die on the mountain you are about to ascend, and shall be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor[a] and there was gathered to his people,(A) 51 because both of you broke faith with me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin: you did not manifest my holiness among the Israelites.[b](B) 52 You may indeed see the land from a distance, but you shall not enter that land which I am giving to the Israelites.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 32:50 Mount Hor: on the western border of Seir or Edom; cf. Nm 20:23–28; 33:37–38. Dt 10:6 locates elsewhere the place of Aaron’s death.
  2. 32:51 Cf. note on 3:26.

50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(A) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(B) on Mount Hor(C) and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(D) in the Desert of Zin(E) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(F) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(G) you will not enter(H) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

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