Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
Parallel translations
- WEB When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
- KJV And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
- BSB When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
- NASB When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, the whole house of Israel wept for Aaron for thirty days.
- NLT When the people realized that Aaron had died, all Israel mourned for him thirty days.
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Quick answer
When the people learned Aaron was dead, all Israel mourned him for thirty days. The whole nation grieved the loss of its first high priest.
Overview
The thirty-day mourning, equal to that later given Moses, marks Aaron's honored place in Israel. The communal grief acknowledges the importance of the mediating office he held. Even in mourning, the continuity of the priesthood in Eleazar gave hope that access to God would not be lost.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 34:8The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
- 2 Chr 35:24–25So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
- Acts 8:2Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
- Gen 1:10God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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