Numbers 33:39

Listen to Numbers 33:39
39 And Aaron was years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Numbers 33:39 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:39

And Aaron was one hundred and twenty three years old when he
died in Mount Hor.
] He was eighty three when he stood before Pharaoh, ( Exodus 7:7 ) , and forty years he had been with Israel since, which make this number; he was three years older than Moses.

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Numbers 33:39 In-Context

37 And they set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.
38 And Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor at the command of the Lord and died there, in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
39 And Aaron was years old when he died on Mount Hor.
40 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the people of Israel.
41 And they set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 33:39 [Ex. 7:7]
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