From Numbers 20
Aaron dies
The Israelites traveled again. They left
Kadesh and
arrived at Mount Hor.
[22] And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed
from
Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
God talked to Moses and Aaron. God said that
Aaron
would die here at Mount Hor. Moses and Aaron cannot enter
Canaan.
God was angry about Moses hitting the rock at Meribah. Moses and Aaron
were being punished because they did not obey God.
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast
of the land of Edom, saying,
[24] Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter
into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because
ye rebelled against my word at the water of
Meribah.
Moses, Aaron, and Eleazar should go up on top
of Mount
Hor. They should take the priest's clothes off Aaron. They should put
the
priest's clothes on Eleazar. Aaron will die. Eleazar will be the new
priest.
[25] Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
[26] And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
Moses, Aaron, and Eleazar did what God told
them to do.
They went up on top of Mount Hor. All of the other Israelites watched
them go
up.
[27] And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount
Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
Moses took the priest's clothes off Aaron. He
put the
clothes on Eleazar. Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses
and
Eleazar came back down.
[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.
All of the Israelites were sad that Aaron
died. They
mourned for him (cried and felt sad) for 30 days.
[29] And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they
mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.