Numbers 33:39
in Numbers 33Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
KJV
And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Aaron was one hundred and twenty three years old when he died in Mount Hor. He was eighty three when he stood before Pharaoh, Exo 7:7, and forty years he had been with Israel since, which make this number; he was three years older than Moses.
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 was 123 years old
John Gill works the age out from Exodus 7:7, where Aaron was eighty-three when he and Moses spoke to Pharaoh. Forty years in the wilderness bring the total to a hundred and twenty-three. The figure agrees with the fortieth year given in verse 38.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן | veaharon | and Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁלֹ֧שׁ | shalosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וּמְאַ֖ת | umeat | and one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| בְּמֹת֖וֹ | bemoto | when dying he | H4191 → | 839 times |
| בְּהֹ֥ר | behor | on Hor | H2023 → | 12 times |
| הָהָֽר׃ ס | hahar | the mountain | H2022 → | 546 times |
וְאַהֲרֹ֔ןand Aaron
veaharonH175 →347 times
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שָׁלֹ֧שׁthree
shaloshH7969 →432 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֛יםand twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
וּמְאַ֖תand one hundred
umeatH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
בְּמֹת֖וֹwhen dying he
bemotoH4191 →839 times
בְּהֹ֥רon Hor
behorH2023 →12 times
הָהָֽר׃ סthe mountain
haharH2022 →546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; MannaFest exposition, Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 33 read with Exodus 7 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.