Numbers 20:26-29

20:26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments ¹  and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors ²  and will die there.”

20:27 So Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight ³  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.

[20:26]  ¹ tn The word “priestly” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:26]  ² tn Heb “will be gathered”; this is a truncated form of the usual expression “gathered to his ancestors,” found in v. 24. The phrase “to his ancestors” is supplied in the translation here.

[20:27]  ³ tn Heb “eyes.”