And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Parallel translations
- WEB When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
- BSB After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
- NKJV And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.
- NASB When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother was;
- NLT After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron,
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Quick answer
After viewing the land, Moses will die and be gathered to his people, as Aaron was.
Overview
God forewarns Moses of his approaching death, joining him in this to his brother Aaron who had already passed. The dignified phrase gathered to your people speaks of being joined to those who went before in death, hinting at a hope beyond the grave that the resurrection of Christ would fully unveil.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 10:6And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
- Num 31:2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
- Num 33:38And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
- Deut 32:50And 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:
- Gen 25:17And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
- Num 20:24–28Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
- Gen 25:8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
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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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