Numbers 27:13

Numbers 27:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
• New International Version (NIV)After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,
• English Standard Version (ESV)When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.

Context of Numbers 27:13

11Sometimes the man's father may have no brothers. If that happens, you must give his land to another person in his family. This is a rule for all the people. The Lord gave this command to Moses.” ’ 12The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go up to the top of the Abiram mountains. From there, look at the land that I am giving to the Israelites. After that, you will die, just as your brother Aaron also died. 14In the Zin desert, when the people turned against me, you did not obey my command. That happened when you hit the rock to get water at Meribah Kadesh. You did not show the people that I was holy, so now you will not go into the land of Canaan.’ 15Moses said to the Lord,

Numbers 27:13 word by word

וְרָאִ֣יתָה אֹתָ֔הּ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥ אֶל־עַמֶּ֖יךָ גַּם־אָ֑תָּה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נֶאֱסַ֖ף אַהֲרֹ֥ן אָחִֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when thou hast seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• it, thou also shalt be gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• unto thy peopleעַם‛am · kinsmanH5971
• as Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• thy brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251

Cross-references for Numbers 27:13

• Numbers 20:8‘Get the stick. Take your brother Aaron with you and go to the whole group of the Israelites. Then speak to that rock that you can all see. Water will pour out from it. Then the people and their animals can drink it.’
• Deuteronomy 1:37As for me, the Lord became angry with me also, because of you. He said to me, ‘You also will not go into the land.
• Deuteronomy 32:51Both of you refused to obey me at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Zin desert. You did not show the Israelites that you respected me as God.
• Psalms 106:32At Meribah springs, the Israelites made God angry. What they did there caused Moses to have trouble.
• Numbers 20:1In the first month, the Israelites came to the Zin desert. They put up their tents at Kadesh. Miriam died there and the people buried her.
• Exodus 17:7Moses called that place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarrelled there. They tried to test the Lord to see what he would do. They said, ‘Let us see if the Lord is really with us. Will he help us, or not?’

Commentaries on Numbers 27:13

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-14Verses 12-14 Moses must die, but he shall have the satisfaction of seeing the land of promise. This sight of Canaan signified his believing prospect of the better country, that is, the heavenly. Moses must die, but death does not cut him off; it only brings him to rest with the holy patriarchs. It is but to die as they died, having lived as they lived; and as their end was peace, why should we fear any evil in the passage of that dark valley? (Nu 27:15-23)Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-23Israel needed a leader when they entered the land of Canaan. Joshua was chosen to follow Moses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1712. The Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land--Although the Israelites were now on the confines of the promised land, Moses was not privileged to cross the Jordan, but died on one of the Moabitic range of mountains, to which the general name of Abarim was given (Nu 33:47). The privation of this great honor was owing to the unhappy conduct he had manifested in the striking of the rock at Meribah [Nu 20:12]; and while…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 27:13

• Moses
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Charge
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Exodus, the Book of
• Hittites
• Inheritance
• Numbers, Book of
• Patrimony
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Numbers 27

• 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