Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
Parallel translations
- KJV Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
- BSB Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor.
- NKJV Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
- NASB Take Aaron and his son Eleazar, and bring them up to Mount Hor.
- NLT Now take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor.
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Quick answer
God told Moses to take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor. The succession of the priesthood was to be arranged before Aaron's death.
Overview
Bringing both father and son up the mountain prepares for the orderly transfer of the high priestly office. God ensures the ministry continues without interruption even as one priest dies. This care for succession highlights the permanence God intended for the mediating office, ultimately fulfilled in the unending priesthood of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 1
- Num 33:38–39Aaron 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.
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