Numbers 27:13

13 After you have seen it, you will also be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was.^[a]

Numbers 27:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 27:13

And when thou hast seen it
Which was all he was admitted to; for to go into it and see it was not allowed him, though he importuned it, ( Deuteronomy 3:25 Deuteronomy 3:26 ) ,

thou shalt be gathered unto thy people,
as Aaron thy brother was gathered; die as he did, in the same sudden, easy, quiet, and cheerful manner; see ( Numbers 20:26-28 ) .

Numbers 27:13 In-Context

11 If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative of his clan, and he will take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites as the Lord commanded Moses."

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim [range] and see the land that I have given the Israelites.

13 After you have seen it, you will also be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was.

14 When the community quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight at the waters." Those were the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

15 So Moses appealed to the Lord,

Footnotes

• [a]. Nm 20:22-29