Deuteronomy 10:6
in Deuteronomy 10The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
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ASV
(And the children of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
KJV
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; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 10
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But it is found in the most ancient Hebrew manuscripts, and, believing that all contained in this book was given by inspiration and is entitled to profound respect, we must receive it as it stands, although acknowledging our inability to explain the insertion of these encampment details in this place.
This site's exposition
there Aaron died, and there he was buried
on Deuteronomy 10:6-7
These two verses break the speech and give a stretch of the wilderness record in the third person. Aaron dies at Mosera here, where Numbers 20:28 and 33:38 put his death on mount Hor, and Numbers 33:31-33 lists the same camps in the reverse order to the one given here. Keil reads Mosera as the district at the foot of Hor, Benjamin Kennicott held the passage to be out of its place, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown say plainly that they cannot account for the insertion at this point. The accounts stand together and the difference is named rather than settled.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
This following history comes in manifestly by way of parenthesis, as may appear from ver. 10, where he returns to his former discourse; and it seems to be here inserted as an evidence of God's gracious answer to Moses's prayers, and of his reconciliation to the people, notwithstanding their late and great provocation.
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Commentary on Chapter X 2. I will write on the tables - Tho' the tables were broken, because they broke his commandment, they were now renewed, in proof that his wrath was turned away. And thus God's writing his law in our inward parts, is the surest proof of our reconciliation to him.
And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan,....
He appointed a standing ministry among them, to deal for them in holy things. At that time when Moses went up a second time to the mount, or soon after, he had orders to separate the tribe of Levi to God, and to his immediate service, they having distinguished themselves by their zeal against the worshippers of the golden calf,
But now, under the gospel, when the effusion of the Spirit is more plentiful and powerful, the succession is kept up by the Spirit's operation on men's hearts, qualifying men for, and inclining men to, that work, some in every age, that the name of Israel may not be blotted out.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And the children of Israel took their journey, etc. - On this and the three following verses see Kennicott’s remarks at the end of this chapter.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| נָֽסְע֛וּ | naseu | they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| מִבְּאֵרֹ֥ת | mibeerot | from Beeroth | H881 → | |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | Bene- | H1142 → | |
| יַעֲקָ֖ן | yaakan | Yaaqan | H1142 → | |
| מוֹסֵרָ֑ה | moserah | Moserah | H4149 → | |
| שָׁ֣ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| מֵ֤ת | met | he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| אַהֲרֹן֙ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וַיִּקָּבֵ֣ר | vaiyikaver | and he was buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| וַיְכַהֵ֛ן | vaykhahen | and he served as priest | H3547 → | |
| אֶלְעָזָ֥ר | ʾelazar | Eleazar | H499 → | |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
נָֽסְע֛וּthey set out
naseuH5265 →146 times
מִבְּאֵרֹ֥תfrom Beeroth
mibeerotH881 →
בְּנֵי־Bene-
benei-H1142 →
יַעֲקָ֖ןYaaqan
yaakanH1142 →
מוֹסֵרָ֑הMoserah
moserahH4149 →
שָׁ֣םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
מֵ֤תhe died
metH4191 →839 times
אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וַיִּקָּבֵ֣רand he was buried
vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
וַיְכַהֵ֛ןand he served as priest
vaykhahenH3547 →
אֶלְעָזָ֥רEleazar
ʾelazarH499 →
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 33:38At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:50
And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
- Numbers 20:24–28
“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Deuteronomy 32:50
Through
Numbers 10:6When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:10–16
On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 10:18
Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
- Numbers 2:10–16
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.