Numbers 20:27

Numbers 20:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
• New International Version (NIV)Moses did as the Lord commanded: They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moses did as the Lord commanded. And they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Moses did just as the Lord commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

Context of Numbers 20:27

25Moses, you must take Aaron and his son Eleazar to climb up Hor mountain. 26Take the priest's clothes from Aaron and put them on Eleazar. Aaron will die there.’ Moses did what the Lord told him to do. Moses, Aaron and Eleazar climbed up Hor mountain, while the Israelites watched. 28Moses took the priest's clothes from Aaron and he put them on Eleazar. Then Aaron died there, at the top of the mountain. Moses and Eleazar walked back down the mountain. 29The Israelites wept for 30 days because Aaron died.

Numbers 20:27 word by word

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ מֹשֶׁ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ אֶל־הֹ֣ר הָהָ֔ר לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־הָעֵדָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• and they went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Horהֹרhôr · (Mount) HorH2023
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of all the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712

Commentaries on Numbers 20:27

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-29Verses 22-29 God bids Aaron prepare to die. There is something of displeasure in these orders. Aaron must not enter Canaan, because he had failed in his duty at the waters of strife. There is much of mercy in them. Aaron, though he dies for his transgression, dies with ease, and in honour. He is gathered to his people, as one who dies in the arms of Divine grace. There is much significancy in these orders. Aaron must not enter Canaan, to show that the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-29Moses transferred priestly authority to Eleazar by giving him Aaron's priestly garments (compare Leviticus 8:7–9). After this, Aaron died at 123 years old, in the fortieth year after the Hebrews left Egypt (see Numbers 33:37–39). the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days: This was a great honor (see also Deuteronomy 34:8). The usual public mourning period was seven days (Genesis 50:10; 1 Samuel 31:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2824-28. Aaron shall be gathered unto his people--In accordance with his recent doom, he, attired in the high priest's costume, was commanded to ascend that mountain and die. But although the time of his death was hastened by the divine displeasure as a punishment for his sins, the manner of his death was arranged in tenderness of love, and to do him honor at the close of his earthly service. His ascent of the mount was to afford him a last look of the camp…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 20:27

• Aaron
• Hor

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Aaron
• Eleazar
• Exodus
• Hor
• Refuse
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Numbers 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings