After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
- KJV And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
- NKJV Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
- NASB And after Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
- NLT At the summit, Moses removed the priestly garments from Aaron and put them on Eleazar, Aaron’s son. Then Aaron died there on top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar went back down.
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Quick answer
Moses transferred Aaron's garments to Eleazar, Aaron died on the mountaintop, and Moses and Eleazar descended. The first high priest died, and his son took up the office.
Overview
The solemn scene fulfills God's word exactly: Aaron dies outside the Promised Land because of Meribah, yet the priesthood lives on in Eleazar. The descent of the new high priest signals continuity of mediation for Israel. The mortality of the Aaronic line again points to the need for a priest who never dies, found in the risen Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Deut 10:6The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
- Exod 29:29–30The holy garments that belong to Aaron will belong to his sons after him, so they can be anointed and ordained in them.
- Num 20:26Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”
- Deut 34:9Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Deut 34:5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
- Deut 32:49–50“Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Deut 31:7–8Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
- 1 Chr 28:5–9And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
- 1 Chr 22:11–12Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
- 1 Chr 22:17Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:
- Acts 20:25–29Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.
- Heb 7:24–25But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
- Num 27:16–23“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
- 2 Pet 1:15And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.
- Num 33:38–49At 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.
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