Numbers 33:38

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 Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֨ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֜ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	וַיַּעַל֩ vai.ya.'Al	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mount	הָהָ֛ר ha.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Hor	הֹ֥ר hor	H2023	Hor · proper noun, a place name
commandment	פִּ֥י pi	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
died	וַיָּ֣מָת vai.Ya.mot	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fortieth	הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֗ים ha.'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · definite article + cardinal number, masculine plural absolute
year	בִּשְׁנַ֣ת bish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
children	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
out	לְצֵ֤את le.Tzet	H3318	to go (causatively · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
land	מֵאֶ֣רֶץ me.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
first	בְּאֶחָ֥ד be.'e.Chad	H259	properly · preposition + cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
fifth	הַחֲמִישִׁ֖י ha.cha.mi.Shi	H2549	fifth · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
month	בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ ba.Cho.desh	H2320	the new moon · preposition with the 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…
Deuteronomy 32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto h…
Numbers 20:24-28 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 reb…

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

Rimmon-parez, or Rimmon--a city of Judah and Simeon (Jos 15:32); Libnah, so called from its white poplars (Jos 10:29), or, as some think, a white hill between Kadesh and Gaza (Jos 10:29); Rissah (El-arish); mount Shapher (Cassius); Moseroth, adjacent to mount Hor, in Wady Mousa. Ezion-geber, near Akaba, a seaport on the western shore of the Elanitic gulf; Wilderness of Zin, on the east side of the peninsula of Sinai; Punon, in the rocky ravines of mount Hor and famous for the mines and quarries in its vicinity as well as for its fruit trees, now Tafyle, on the border of Edom; Abarim, a ridge of rugged hills northwest of the Arnon--the part called Nebo was one of its highest peaks--opposite J…

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John Gill on Numbers 33:38

And Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor, at the commandment of the Lord,.... Delivered to Moses: and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of Egypt; not being suffered to go with them into the land of Canaan, because of his sin of unbelief at Kadesh, the last place from whence they came: in Mount Hor he died: on the first day of the fifth month; the month Ab, answering to part of July and part of August; so that he lived but four months after his sister Miriam; see Numbers 20:1.

John Calvin on Numbers 33:38-39

Numbers 33:38, 39 38. 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 Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 38. Ascendit autem Aharon sacerdos in Hor montem secundum sermonem Jehovae: et mortuus est ibi anno quadragesimo ex quo egressi sunt filii Israel e terra AEgypti, mense quinto, primo die mensis. 39. And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 39. Erat Aharon natus centum ac viginti tres annos quando mortuus est in Hor monte. 39. And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old. It is not without reason that…

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Dictionary and topics

Chronology — Is the arrangement of facts and events in the order of time. The writers of the Bible themselves do not adopt any standard era according to which they date events. Sometimes the years are reckoned,…
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…
Mosera — A bond, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Deut. 10:6), at the foot of Mount Hor. (Comp. Num. 33:37, 38). It has been identified with el-Tayibeh, a small fountain at the bottom…
Wandering — Of the Israelites in the wilderness in consequence of their rebellious fears to enter the Promised Land (Num. 14:26-35). They wandered for forty years before they were permitted to cross the Jordan…
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Aaron dies — Aaron dies
Hor · The mountain upon which Aaron died — The mountain upon which Aaron died
Time · Eras from which, computed: The exodus from Egypt — Eras from which, computed: The exodus from Egypt

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 33:38

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

John Gill on Numbers 33:38

John Calvin on Numbers 33:38-39

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Numbers 33:38

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 33:19

John Gill on Numbers 33:38

John Calvin on Numbers 33:38-39

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 33:1-49

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 33:38-39

Rashi on Numbers 33:38