Numbers 20 · Verse 29

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.
Numbers 20:29, King James Version

Numbers 20:29 in other translations

BSBWhen the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
WEBWhen all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
ASVAnd when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
YLTand all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days--all the house of Israel.
DARBYAnd the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even the whole house of Israel.
BBEAnd when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weeping for him for thirty days.
WebsterAnd when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

What does Numbers 20:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead--Moses and Eleazar were the sole witnesses of his departure (Nu 20:28). According to the established law, the new high priest could not have been present at the funeral of his father without contracting ceremonial defilement (Le 21:11). But that law was dispensed with in the extraordinary circumstances. The people learned the event not only from the recital of the two witnesses, but from their visible signs of grief and change; and this event betokened the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood (He 7:12). they mourned for Aaron thirty days--the usual period of public and solemn mourning. (See on De 34:8).

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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 20:29 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּרְאוּ֙vai.yir.'Uand they sawH7200
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָ֣עֵדָ֔הha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
גָוַ֖עga.Va'he had diedH1478
אַהֲרֹ֑ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וַיִּבְכּ֤וּvai.yiv.Kuand they wept forH1058
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonAaronH175
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
י֔וֹםYomday[s]H3117
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃\ \סYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Numbers 20:29

  • Deuteronomy 34:8

    And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

  • Genesis 1:10

    And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:24-25

    His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

  • Acts 8:2

    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 1:10; De 34:8; 2Ch 35:24,25; Ac 8:2

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Context

  • 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 20:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y viendo toda la congregación que Aarón era muerto, hiciéronle duelo por treinta días todas las familias de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et toute l’assemblée vit qu’Aaron avait expiré, et toute la maison d’Israël pleura Aaron 30 jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als die ganze Gemeinde sah, daß Aaron verschieden war, da beweinte das ganze Haus Israel Aaron dreißig Tage lang.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Illo mortuo in montis supercilio, descendit cum Eleazaro.