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Numbers 33:38

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At 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 of Egypt.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

KJV

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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This verse in Numbers 33

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

in the Wilderness of Zin

on Numbers 33:36-40

The second and last date in the chapter is a death, "the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year". Aaron at 123 is the only man whose dying this list records, and Numbers 20:22-29 tells how his garments passed to Eleazar.

This site's exposition

Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there

The verse gives the only full date in the list after the departure, the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year. Numbers 20:28 records the death on top of the mountain after Aaron's garments passed to Eleazar. Deuteronomy 32:50 points Moses to it before his own death.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor, at the commandment of the Lord,....

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּעַל֩and he went up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֨ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הֹ֥רHor

    horH2023 →12 times

  • הָהָ֛רthe mountain

    haharH2022 →546 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פִּ֥י[the] mouth of

    piH6310 →498 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וַיָּ֣מָתand he died

    vaiyamotH4191 →839 times

  • שָׁ֑םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • בִּשְׁנַ֣תin [the] year

    bishnatH8141 →877 times

  • הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֗ים<the> forty

    haarbaimH705 →136 times

  • לְצֵ֤אתof [the] coming out of

    letzetH3318 →1067 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of

    meeretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁin the month

    bachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הַחֲמִישִׁ֖י<the> fifth

    hachamishiH2549 →45 times

  • בְּאֶחָ֥דon [day] one

    beechadH259 →971 times

  • לַחֹֽדֶשׁ׃of the month

    lachodeshH2320 →284 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 1:3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.7 worksDeuteronomy 10:6The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.6 worksDeuteronomy 32:50And 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.4 worksNumbers 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.3 worksExodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.3 worksNumbers 14:33Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 27:13After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 25:8

      And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

    • Daniel 12:13

      But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

    • Genesis 49:33

      When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.

    • Genesis 25:17

      Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

    • Genesis 15:15

      You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 10:6

    The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 20:23–28

      And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

    • Numbers 33:30–33

      They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

    • Numbers 33:1–2

      These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 33 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; MannaFest exposition, Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 33 read with Numbers 20 and Deuteronomy 32 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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