Numbers 20 · Verse 28

Numbers 20:28

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.
Numbers 20:28, King James Version

Numbers 20:28 in other translations

BSBAfter 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.
WEBMoses 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.
ASVAnd Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
YLTand Moses strippeth Aaron of his garments, and clotheth with them Eleazar his son, and Aaron dieth there on the top of the mount; and Moses cometh down--Eleazar also--from the mount,
DARBYAnd Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there upon the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
BBEAnd Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the mountain death came to Aaron: then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
WebsterAnd Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

What does Numbers 20:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:24-28

24-28. Aaron shall be gathered unto his people--In accordance with his recent doom, he, attired in the high priest's costume, was commanded to ascend that mountain and die. But although the time of his death was hastened by the divine displeasure as a punishment for his sins, the manner of his death was arranged in tenderness of love, and to do him honor at the close of his earthly service. His ascent of the mount…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 And Aaron died there - Hence, as Dr. Lightfoot has justly observed, we have an "indisputable proof that the earthly Canaan was not the utmost felicity at which God's promises to the Israelites aimed since the best men among them were excluded from it." The remark of some of the fathers here is worthy of attention: "Neither Moses the representative of the law, nor Miriam the representative of the prophets, nor Aaron the representative of the priesthood and its sacrificial rites, could bring the Israelites into possession of the promised land. This was reserved for Joshua, who was in name and conduct the lively type of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." He alone can bring those who believe in his name into that rest which remains for the people of God. There are some observations made by Dr. Lightfoot on this and some of the preceding chapters which should be more generally known. "The place where the people murmured upon the return of the spies was Kadesh-Barnea, Num 13:26; Num 32:8; Deu 1:19. This place was called Rithmah before, (Num 33:18, compared with Num 12:16, and Num 13:26), and was so called probably from the juniper trees that grew there; but is now named Kadesh, because the Lord was there sanctified upon the people, as Num 20:13; and Barnea, or the wandering son, because here was the decree made of their long wandering in the wilderness. They continued a good space at Kadesh before they removed; for so said Moses, Ye abode in Kadesh many days; or as the Hebrew, According to the days that ye had made abode, namely, at Sinai, Num 20:6. And so they spent one whole year there, for so they had done at Sinai. And whereas God commands them at their murmuring to turn back to the Red Sea, (Deu 1:40), his meaning was, that at their next march, whensoever it was, they should not go forward unto Canaan, but back again towards the Red Sea, whence they came; (but see on Deu 1:1 (note)). And they did so, for they wandered by many stations and marches from Kadesh-Barnea till they came to Kadesh-Barnea again, seven or eight and thirty years after they had first left it. These marches, mentioned in Numbers 33, were these: From Kadesh or Rithmah to Rimmon Parez, to Libnah, to Rissah, to Kehelathah, to Mount Shapher, to Haradah, to Makheloth, to Tahath, to Tarah, to Mithcah, to Hashmonah, to Moseroth, to Benejaaken, to Horhagidgad, to Jotbathah, to Ebronah, to Ezion-Gaber, to Kadesh again, in the fortieth year. And though it was only eleven days' journey from Horeb, by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-Barnea, (Deu 1:2), they made it above thrice eleven years' journey!" Had they trusted in God, and obeyed him, their enemies long ere this would have been discomfited, and themselves quietly established in possession of the promised inheritance. But they grieved the Spirit of God, and did not believe his promise; and it would have been inconsistent with the whole economy of grace to have introduced unbelievers into that rest which was a type of the kingdom of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 20:22-29

God bids Aaron prepare to die. There is something of displeasure in these orders. Aaron must not enter Canaan, because he had failed in his duty at the waters of strife. There is much of mercy in them. Aaron, though he dies for his transgression, dies with ease, and in honour. He is gathered to his people, as one who dies in the arms of Divine grace. There is much significancy in these orders. Aaron must not enter…

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Numbers 20:28 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.

וַיַּפְשֵׁט֩vai.yaf.Shetand he stripped offH6584
מֹשֶׁ֨הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַהֲרֹ֜ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּגָדָ֗יוbe.ga.Davgarments hisH899
וַיַּלְבֵּ֤שׁvai.yal.Beshand he clothedH3847
אֹתָם֙'o.Tamwith themH854
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֶלְעָזָ֣ר'el.'a.ZarEleazarH499
בְּנ֔וֹbe.Noson hisH1121
וַיָּ֧מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
אַהֲרֹ֛ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033
בְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.Roshat [the] top ofH7218
הָהָ֑רha.Harthe mountainH2022
וַיֵּ֧רֶדvai.Ye.redand he went downH3381
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאֶלְעָזָ֖רve.'el.'a.Zarand EleazarH499
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָהָֽר\׃ha.Harthe mountainH2022

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

Cross references for Numbers 20:28

  • Deuteronomy 10:6

    And 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.

  • Exodus 29:29-30

    And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

  • Deuteronomy 32:49-50

    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: 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:

  • 1 Chronicles 22:11-12

    Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee. Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

  • Deuteronomy 34:9

    And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Acts 20:25-29

    And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. …

  • 1 Chronicles 22:17

    David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

  • 2 Peter 1:15

    Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

  • Numbers 20:26

    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.

  • Hebrews 7:24-25

    But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

  • Numbers 27:16-23

    Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd. And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. …

  • 1 Chronicles 28:5-9

    And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Moses.
26; 33:38-49; Ex 29:29,30
put them.
27:16-23; De 31:7,8; 34:9; 1Ch 22:11,12,17; 28:5-9; Ac 20:25-29
2Pe 1:15
died there.
33:38,39; De 10:6; 32:49,50; 34:5; Heb 7:24,25

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Context

  • Numbers 20:27

    And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

  • Numbers 20:28

    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.

  • Numbers 20:29

    And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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Numbers 20:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Moisés hizo desnudar á Aarón de sus vestidos y vistiólos á Eleazar su hijo: y Aarón murió allí en la cumbre del monte: y Moisés y Eleazar descendieron del monte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse dépouilla Aaron de ses vêtements, et en revêtit Éléazar, son fils; et Aaron mourut là, au sommet de la montagne; puis Moïse et Éléazar descendirent de la montagne.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose zog Aaron seine Kleider aus und legte sie seinem Sohne Eleasar an; und Aaron starb daselbst auf dem Gipfel des Berges; und Mose und Eleasar stiegen von dem Berge herab.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque Aaron spoliasset vestibus suis, induit eis Eleazarum filium ejus.