Numbers 20:28

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֨ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
stripped	וַיַּפְשֵׁט֩ vai.yaf.Shet	H6584	to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֜ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
garments	בְּגָדָ֗יו be.ga.Dav	H899	a covering · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
put	וַיַּלְבֵּ֤שׁ vai.yal.Besh	H3847	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Eleazar	אֶלְעָזָ֣ר 'el.'a.Zar	H499	Elazar · proper noun, a man's name
son	בְּנ֔וֹ be.No	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֛ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
died	וַיָּ֧מָת vai.Ya.mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
top	בְּרֹ֣אשׁ be.Rosh	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
mount	הָהָ֑ר ha.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֛ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
Eleazar	וְאֶלְעָזָ֖ר ve.'el.'a.Zar	H499	Elazar · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
down	וַיֵּ֧רֶד vai.Ye.red	H3381	to descend (literally · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mount	הָהָֽר ha.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; a…
Exodus 29:29-30 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
Numbers 20:26 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.
Numbers 27:16-23 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Numbers 33:38-49 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israe…
Deuteronomy 31:7-8 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this peop…
Deuteronomy 32:49-50 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of C…
Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:22–end

The chapter began with the funeral of Miriam, and it ends with the funeral of her brother Aaron. When death comes into a family, it often strikes double. Israel had not improved the former affliction they were under, by the death of the prophetess, and therefore, soon after, God took away their priest, to try if they would lay that to heart. This happened at the very next stage, when they removed to Mount Hor, fetching a compass round the Edomites' country, leaving it on their left hand. Wherever we go, death attends us, and the graves are ready for us. I. God bids Aaron die, Num 20:24. God takes Moses and Aaron aside, and tells them, Aaron shall be gathered to his people. These two dear bro…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:28

Aaron died there in the top of the mount--(See on Deu 10:6). A tomb has been erected upon or close by the spot where he was buried.

John Gill on Numbers 20:28

And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments,.... His priestly garments, which, very probably, were put on at the foot of the mountain, on purpose for the transaction of this affair, since they were not in common worn, but only when in service; the same hands that clothed Aaron with them at first, stripped him of them, and both were done at the command of God; as the stripping of those garments was a divesting Aaron of his office, so it was a figure of the disannulling of his priesthood, when the Messiah should come, a priest after another order: and put them upon Eleazar his son; which was an investing him with the office of high priest in his father's room; and which, as it must give Aaron pl…

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John Calvin on Numbers 20:23–end

Numbers 20:23-29 23. And the Lord spoke unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 23. Dixit autem Jehova ad Mosen et Aharon in monte Hor, in finibus terrae Edom, dicendo: 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. 24. Congregabitur Aharon ad populos suos.: Non enim ingredietur terram quam dedi filiis Israel: eo quod rebelles fueritis ori meo in aquis jurgii. 25. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor; 25. Accipe Aharon et Eleazar filium ejus, et ascendere fac eos in Hor montem.…

Dictionary and topics

Aaron — The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before…
Burial — The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron “four…
Eleazar — God has helped. (1.) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the…
Hor — Mountain. (1.) One of the mountains of the chain of Seir or Edom, on the confines of Idumea (Num. 20:22-29; 33:37). It was one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (33:37), which they…
Urim And Thummim — (light and perfection). When the Jewish exiles were met on their return from Babylon by a question which they had no data for answering, they agreed to postpone the settlement of the difficulty till…
Death Of Saints, The · Exemplified: Aaron — Exemplified: Aaron
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Aaron dies — Aaron dies
Eleazar (Eleazer) · .Succeeds Aaron as high priest — .Succeeds Aaron as high priest
Hor · The mountain upon which Aaron died — The mountain upon which Aaron died

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 20:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:28

John Gill on Numbers 20:28

John Calvin on Numbers 20:23–end

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 20:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:28

John Gill on Numbers 20:28

John Calvin on Numbers 20:23–end

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 20:27–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 20:27-29

Rashi on Numbers 20:27