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Text -- Numbers 20:15-29 (NET)
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20:15 how our ancestors went down into Egypt , and we lived in Egypt a long time , and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly .
20:16 So when we cried to the Lord , he heard our voice and sent a messenger , and has brought us up out of Egypt . Now we are here in Kadesh , a town on the edge of your country .
20:17 Please let us pass through your country . We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards , nor will we drink water from any well . We will go by the King’s Highway ; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region .’”
20:18 But Edom said to him, “You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword .”
20:19 Then the Israelites said to him, “We will go along the highway , and if we or our cattle drink any of your water , we will pay for it . We will only pass through on our feet , without doing anything else.”
20:20 But he said , “You may not pass through .” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force . force .
20:21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border ; therefore Israel turned away from him.
Aaron’s Death
20:22 So the entire company of Israelites traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor .
20:23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor , by the border of the land of Edom . He said :
20:24 “Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors , for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah .
20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son , and bring them up on Mount Hor .
20:26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on Eleazar his son , and Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors and will die there .”
20:27 So Moses did as the Lord commanded ; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community .
20:28 And Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar . So Aaron died there on the top of the mountain . And Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain .
20:29 When all the community saw that Aaron was dead , the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Aaron |
Hor |
NUMBERS, BOOK OF |
MOSES |
JEPHTHAH |
Exodus |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
Meribah |
Eleazar |
Israel |
PENTATEUCH, 3 |
OBADIAH, BOOK OF |
Edom |
Death |
EDOM, IDUMAEA OR IDUMEA |
Edomites |
Inhospitableness |
Kadesh |
Angel |
Burial |
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NET Notes: Num 20:15 The verb רָעַע (ra’a’) means “to act or do evil.” Evil here is in the sense of causing pain or t...
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NET Notes: Num 20:19 The Hebrew text uses singular pronouns, “I” and “my,” but it is the people of Israel that are intended, and so it may be rende...
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NET Notes: Num 20:20 Heb “with many [heavy] people and with a strong hand.” The translation presented above is interpretive, but that is what the line means. I...
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NET Notes: Num 20:22 The traditional location for this is near Petra (Josephus, Ant. 4.4.7). There is serious doubt about this location since it is well inside Edomite ter...
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NET Notes: Num 20:26 Heb “will be gathered”; this is a truncated form of the usual expression “gathered to his ancestors,” found in v. 24. The phra...
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