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;
Parallel translations
- 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:
- BSB 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.
- 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 25:8Abraham gave up his spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
- Num 33:38Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
- Num 20:24–29“Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
- Gen 25:17These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Gen 15:15but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
- Gen 49:33When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
- Dan 12:13But go you your way until the end; for you shall rest, and shall stand in your lot, 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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