Numbers 27:13
in Numbers 27After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
KJV
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
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This verse in Numbers 27
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd 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, Deu 3:25, 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 Num 20:26.
This site's exposition
Go up this mountain of the Abarim range
on Numbers 27:12-13
A ruling about who inherits stands next to a man being told he inherits nothing. Moses is sent up the Abarim range to see the land, and Deuteronomy 32:49 names the height as Nebo.
This site's exposition
you too will be gathered to your people
John Wesley reads gathered to your people as a joining, since death brought Moses to rest with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. John Gill takes as your brother Aaron was to mean a death like Aaron's, quiet and easy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Envious spirits do not love their successors, but Moses was not one of these. We should concern ourselves, both in our prayers and in our endeavours, for the rising generation, that religion may flourish, and the interests of God's kingdom among men may be maintained and advanced, when we are in our graves. In this prayer Moses expresses, 1.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְרָאִ֣יתָה | veraitah | and you will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֹתָ֔הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥ | veneesafta | and you will be gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| עַמֶּ֖יךָ | ʾameikha | people<s> your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אָ֑תָּה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נֶאֱסַ֖ף | neesaf | he was gathered | H622 → | 200 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֥ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אָחִֽיךָ׃ | ʾachikha | brother your | H251 → | 630 times |
וְרָאִ֣יתָהand you will see
veraitahH7200 →1300 times
אֹתָ֔הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥and you will be gathered
veneesaftaH622 →200 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
עַמֶּ֖יךָpeople<s> your
ʾameikhaH5971 →1873 times
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אָ֑תָּהyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
נֶאֱסַ֖ףhe was gathered
neesafH622 →200 times
אַהֲרֹ֥ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אָחִֽיךָ׃brother your
ʾachikhaH251 →630 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 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.
- 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 10:6
Through
Deuteronomy 10:6The 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 33:38
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…
- 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 33:38
Through
Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
it leads to
- Numbers 25:14–18
The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
- Numbers 25:14–18
Through
Genesis 25:17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
it leads to
- Genesis 25:7–8
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
- Genesis 25:7–8
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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, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.