Deuteronomy 9:20

9:20 The Lord was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him ¹  too.

Deuteronomy 10:6

Conclusion of the Historical Resume

10:6 “During those days the Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan ²  to Moserah. ³  There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar became priest in his place.

Deuteronomy 32:50

32:50 You will die ⁴  on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, ⁵  just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor ⁶  and joined his deceased ancestors,

Deuteronomy 33:8-9

Blessing on Levi

33:8 Of Levi he said:

Your Thummim and Urim ⁷  belong to your godly one, ⁸ 

whose authority you challenged at Massah, ⁹ 

and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. ¹⁰ 

33:9 He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” ¹¹ 

and he did not acknowledge his own brothers

or know his own children,

for they kept your word,

and guarded your covenant.

[9:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Aaron.” The pronoun is used in the translation to avoid redundancy.

[10:6]  ² sn Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan. This Hebrew name could be translated “the wells of Bene-Yaaqan” or “the wells of the sons of Yaaqan,” a site whose location cannot be determined (cf. Num 33:31-32; 1 Chr 1:42).

[10:6]  ³ sn Moserah. Since Aaron in other texts (Num 20:28; 33:38) is said to have died on Mount Hor, this must be the Arabah region in which Hor was located.

[32:50]  ³ tn In the Hebrew text the forms translated “you will die…and join” are imperatives, but the actions in view cannot really be commanded. The imperative is used here in a rhetorical, emphatic manner to indicate the certainty of Moses’ death on the mountain. On the rhetorical use of the imperative see IBHS 572 §34.4c.

[32:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “be gathered to your people.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

[32:50]  ⁵ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.

[33:8]  ⁴ sn Thummim and Urim. These terms, whose meaning is uncertain, refer to sacred stones carried in a pouch on the breastplate of the high priest and examined on occasion as a means of ascertaining God’s will or direction. See Exod 28:30; Lev 8:8; Num 27:21; 1 Sam 28:6. See also C. Van Dam, NIDOTTE 1:329-31.

[33:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “godly man.” The reference is probably to Moses as representative of the whole tribe of Levi.

[33:8]  ⁶ sn Massah means “testing” in Hebrew; the name is a wordplay on what took place there. Cf. Exod 17:7; Deut 6:16; 9:22; Ps 95:8-9.

[33:8]  ⁷ sn Meribah means “contention, argument” in Hebrew; this is another wordplay on the incident that took place there. Cf. Num 20:13, 24; Ps 106:32.

[33:9]  ⁵ sn This statement no doubt alludes to the Levites’ destruction of their own fellow tribesmen following the golden calf incident (Exod 32:25-29).