Aaron Dies

²² ·All the Israelites [^LThe sons/^Tchildren of Israel, all the community/assembly/congregation] moved from Kadesh to Mount Hor, ²³ near the border of Edom. There the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ²⁴ “Aaron will ·die [^Lbe gathered to his people]. He will not enter the land that I’m giving to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], because you both ·acted [rebelled] against my command at the waters of Meribah [20:1–13]. ²⁵ Take Aaron and his son Eleazar up on Mount Hor, ²⁶ and take off Aaron’s special clothes and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will die there; he will ·join his people [^Lbe gathered].”

²⁷ Moses obeyed the Lord’s command. They climbed up Mount Hor, and all the ·people [community; assembly; congregation] saw them go. ²⁸ Moses took off Aaron’s clothes and put them on Aaron’s son Eleazar. Then Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Moses and Eleazar came back down the mountain, ²⁹ and when all the ·people [community; assembly; congregation] learned that Aaron was dead, ·everyone in [^Lall the house of] Israel cried for him for thirty days.