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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people;
- KJV And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
- NKJV and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people;
- NASB Then you are to die on the mountain where you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,
- NLT Then you will die there on the mountain. You will join your ancestors, just as Aaron, your brother, died on Mount Hor and joined his ancestors.
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Quick answer
Moses is told he will die on the mountain and be gathered to his people, as his brother Aaron was. Death for the faithful is a gathering to those who went before.
Overview
"Gathered to your people" is a recurring Old Testament phrase hinting at continued existence beyond death and reunion with the faithful departed. Moses' death parallels Aaron's on Mount Hor (Num. 20:23-28), both leaders dying outside the land under God's discipline yet at peace with Him. The phrase points forward to the fuller hope of resurrection and being gathered to God's people in Christ (1 Thess. 4:14-17).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Gen 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
- Num 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 of Egypt.
- Num 20:24–29“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.
- Gen 25:17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Gen 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- Gen 49:33When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- Dan 12:13But 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.”
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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