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22 Then they set out from (A)Kadesh, and the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

The Death of Aaron

23 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron at (B)Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying, 24 “Aaron will be (C)gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel because (D)you rebelled against My [a]command at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and his son (E)Eleazar and bring them up to Mount Hor; 26 and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on his son Eleazar. So Aaron will be (F)gathered to his people and will die there.” 27 So Moses did just as Yahweh had commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and (G)put them on his son Eleazar, and (H)Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 29 So all the congregation saw that Aaron breathed his last, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty (I)days.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:24 Lit mouth