When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
Parallel translations
- KJV And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy 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 10:6(The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his place.
- Num 31:2“Avenge the children of Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your 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.
- Deut 32:50Die 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;
- 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.
- Num 20:24–28“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 25:8Abraham gave up his spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
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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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