Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 50

Deuteronomy 32:50

And 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:
Deuteronomy 32:50, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:50 in other translations

BSBAnd there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
WEBDie 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;
ASVand 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:
YLTand die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:
DARBYand die on the mountain whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother died on mount Hor, and was gathered unto his peoples;
BBEAnd let death come to you on the mountain where you are going, and be put to rest with your people; as death came to Aaron, your brother, on Mount Hor, where he was put to rest with his people:
WebsterAnd die in the mount whither thou goest, and be gathered to thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered to his people:

What does Deuteronomy 32:50 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:48-51

48-51. Get thee up ... and die ... Because ye trespassed ... at Meribah--(See on Nu 20:13).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 50 And die in the mount - as Aaron - Some have supposed that Moses was translated; but if so, then Aaron was translated, for what is said of the death of the one is said of the death of the other.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:48-52

Now Moses had done his work, why should he desire to live a day longer? God reminds him of the sin of which he had been guilty, for which he was kept from entering Canaan. It is good for the best of men to die repenting the infirmities of which they are conscious. But those may die with comfort and ease, whenever God calls for them, notwithstanding the sins they remember against themselves, who have a believing…

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Deuteronomy 32:50 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמֻ֗תu.Mutand dieH4191
בָּהָר֙ba.Haron the mountainH2022
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhereH834
אַתָּה֙'a.TahyouH859
עֹלֶ֣ה'o.Leh[are] about to go upH5927
שָׁ֔מָּהSha.mahthere towardsH8033
וְהֵאָסֵ֖ףve.he.'a.Sefand be gatheredH622
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עַמֶּ֑יךָ'a.Mei.khapeople<s> yourH5971
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר\־ka.'a.Sher-just asH834
מֵ֞תmethe diedH4191
אַהֲרֹ֤ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
אָחִ֙יךָ֙'a.Chi.khabrother yourH251
בְּהֹ֣רbe.Horon HorH2023
הָהָ֔רha.Harthe mountainH2022
וַיֵּאָ֖סֶףvai.ye.'A.sefand he was gatheredH622
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עַמָּֽיו\׃'a.Mavpeople<s> hisH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:50

  • Genesis 25:8

    Then 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.

  • Numbers 33:38

    And 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.

  • Numbers 20:24-29

    Aaron 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. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. …

  • Genesis 15:15

    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  • Genesis 25:17

    And 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.

  • Genesis 49:33

    And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

  • Daniel 12:13

    But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
be gathered.
Ge 15:15; 25:8,17; 49:33; Da 12:13
as Aaron.
Nu 20:24-29; 33:38

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:49

    Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

  • Deuteronomy 32:50

    And 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:

  • Deuteronomy 32:51

    Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah–Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Deuteronomy 32:50 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y muere en el monte al cual subes, y sé reunido á tus pueblos; al modo que murió Aarón tu hermano en el monte de Hor, y fué reunido á sus pueblos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu mourras sur la montagne sur laquelle tu monteras, et tu seras recueilli vers tes peuples, comme Aaron, ton frère, est mort sur la montagne de Hor et a été recueilli vers ses peuples;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und du wirst sterben auf dem Berge, auf welchen du steigen wirst, und zu deinen Völkern versammelt werden; gleichwie dein Bruder Aaron auf dem Berge Hor gestorben ist und zu seinen Völkern versammelt wurde;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quem conscendens jungeris populis tuis, sicut mortuus est Aaron frater tuus in monte Hor, et appositus populis suis: