Numbers 20:28 — Meaning and Application

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“And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.”

Numbers 20:28

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And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered {unto his people}, and shall die there.

And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, {even} all the house of Israel.

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Numbers 20:1

"Then came the children of Israel, {even} the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there."

Numbers 20:2

"And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron."

Numbers 20:3

"And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!"

Numbers 20:4

"And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?"

Numbers 20:5

"And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it {is} no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither {is} there any water to drink."

Numbers 20:6

"And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them."

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