Numbers 27:13

13 "When you have seen it, you too ¹will be gathered to your people, ²as Aaron your brother was;

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, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be a statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.' "

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

13 "When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was;

14 for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

15 Then Moses spoke to the LORD , saying,

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 31:2
• 2. Numbers 20:24, 28; Deuteronomy 10:6

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "was gathered"