Numbers 20:23-25
New English Translation
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said: 24 “Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors,[a] for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you[b] rebelled against my word[c] at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up on Mount Hor.
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- Numbers 20:24 sn This is the standard poetic expression for death. The bones would be buried, often with the bones of relatives in the same tomb, giving rise to the expression.
- Numbers 20:24 tn The verb is in the second person plural form, and so it is Moses and Aaron who rebelled, and so now because of that Aaron first and then Moses would die without going into the land.
- Numbers 20:24 tn Heb “mouth.”
Numbers 20:23-25
New International Version
23 At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom,(A) the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people.(B) He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command(C) at the waters of Meribah.(D) 25 Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor.(E)
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