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Selected Verse: Numbers 20:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 20:22 |
Strong Concordance |
And the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], journeyed [05265] from Kadesh [06946], and came [0935] unto mount [02022] Hor [02023]. |
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King James |
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the children of Israel . . . came unto mount Hor--now Gebel Haroun, the most striking and lofty elevation in the Seir range, called emphatically "the mount" [Num 20:28]. It is conspicuous by its double top. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Mount Hor - The modern Jebel Harun, situated on the eastern side of the Arabah, and clause to Petra. This striking mountain, rising on a dark red bare rock, to a height of near 5,000 feet above the Mediterranean, is remarkable far and near for its two summits, on one of which is still shown a small square building, crowned with a dome, called the Tomb of Aaron. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Death of Aaron at Mount Hor. - The Israelites left Kadesh, and passed along the road just mentioned to Mount Hor. This mountain, which was situated, according to Num 33:37, on the border of the land of Edom, is placed by Josephus (Ant. iv. 4, 7) in the neighbourhood of Petra; so also by Eusebius and Jerome: "Or mons, in quo mortuus est Aaron, juxta civitatem Petram." According to modern travellers, it is Mount Harun, on the north-western side of Wady Musa (Petra), which is described by Robinson (vol. ii. p. 508) as "a cone irregularly truncated, having three ragged points or peaks, of which that upon the north-east is the highest, and has upon it the Muhammedan Wely, or tomb of Aaron," from which the mountain has received its name "Harun," i.e., Aaron (vid., Burckhardt, Syr. pp. 715, 716; v. Schubert, Reise, ii. pp. 419ff.; Ritter, Erdkunde, xiv. pp. 1127ff.). There can be no doubt as to the general correctness of this tradition;
(Note: There is no force whatever in the arguments by which Knobel has endeavoured to prove that it is incorrect. The first objection, viz., that the Hebrews reached Mount Hor from Kadesh in a single march, has no foundation in the biblical text, and cannot be inferred from the circumstance that there is no place of encampment mentioned between Kadesh and Mount Hor; for, on the one hand, we may clearly see, not only from Num 21:10, but even from Exo 17:1, as compared with Num 33:41. and Num 33:12., that only those places of encampment are mentioned in the historical account where events occurred that were worthy of narrating; and, on the other hand, it is evident from Num 10:33, that the Israelites sometimes continued marching for several days before they formed an encampment again. The second objection - viz., that if Hor was near Petra, it is impossible to see how the advance of the Hebrews from Kadesh to Hor could be regarded by the king of Arad, who lived more than thirty hours' journey to the north, as coming (Num 33:40), not to mention "coming by the way of the spies" (Num 21:1), and how this king could come into conflict with the Hebrews when posted at Petra - rests upon the erroneous assumption, that the attack of the king of Arad did not take place till after the death of Aaron, because it is not mentioned till afterwards. Lastly, the third objection - viz., that a march from Kadesh in a south-westerly direction to Wady Musa, and then northwards past Zalmona to Phunon (Num 33:41), is much too adventurous - is overthrown by Num 21:4, where the Israelites are said to have gone from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea. (See the notes on Num 21:10.))
for even if the Mohammedan tradition concerning Aaron's grave is not well accredited, the situation of this mountain is in perfect harmony with the statement in Num 20:23 and Num 33:37, viz., that the Israelites had then reached the border of the land of Edom. The place where the people encamped is called Mosera in Deu 10:6, and Moseroth in the list of stations in Num 33:30, and is at all events to be sought for in the Arabah, in the neighbourhood of Mount Hor, though it is altogether unknown to us. The camp of 600,000 men, with their wives, children, and flocks, would certainly require a space miles wide, and might therefore easily stretch from the mouths of the Wady el Weibeh and Wady Ghuweir, in the Arabah, to the neighbourhood of Mount Harun. The place of encampment is called after this mountain, Hor, both here and in Num 33:37., because it was there that Aaron died and was buried. The Lord foretold his death to Moses, and directed him to take off Aaron's priestly robes, and put them upon Eleazar his son, as Aaron was not to enter the promised land, because they (Aaron and Moses) had opposed the command of Jehovah at the water of strife (see at Num 20:12). "Gathered to his people," like the patriarchs (Gen 25:8, Gen 25:17; Gen 35:29; Gen 49:33). |
28 And Moses [04872] stripped [06584] Aaron [0175] of his garments [0899], and put [03847] them upon Eleazar [0499] his son [01121]; and Aaron [0175] died [04191] there in the top [07218] of the mount [02022]: and Moses [04872] and Eleazar [0499] came down [03381] from the mount [02022].
33 And when Jacob [03290] had made an end [03615] of commanding [06680] his sons [01121], he gathered up [0622] his feet [07272] into the bed [04296], and yielded up the ghost [01478], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971].
29 And Isaac [03327] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191], and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971], being old [02205] and full [07649] of days [03117]: and his sons [01121] Esau [06215] and Jacob [03290] buried [06912] him.
17 And these are the years [08141] of the life [02416] of Ishmael [03458], an hundred [03967] [08141] and thirty [07970] [08141] and seven [07651] years [08141]: and he gave up the ghost [01478] and died [04191]; and was gathered [0622] unto his people [05971].
8 Then Abraham [085] gave up the ghost [01478], and died [04191] in a good [02896] old age [07872], an old man [02205], and full [07649] of years; and was gathered [0622] to his people [05971].
12 And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], Because ye believed [0539] me not, to sanctify [06942] me in the eyes [05869] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], therefore ye shall not bring [0935] this congregation [06951] into the land [0776] which I have given [05414] them.
37 And they removed [05265] from Kadesh [06946], and pitched [02583] in mount [02022] Hor [02023], in the edge [07097] of the land [0776] of Edom [0123].
30 And they departed [05265] from Hashmonah [02832], and encamped [02583] at Moseroth [04149].
6 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] took their journey [05265] from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan [0885] to Mosera [04149]: there Aaron [0175] died [04191], and there he was buried [06912]; and Eleazar [0499] his son [01121] ministered in the priest's office [03547] in his stead.
37 And they removed [05265] from Kadesh [06946], and pitched [02583] in mount [02022] Hor [02023], in the edge [07097] of the land [0776] of Edom [0123].
23 And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] in mount [02022] Hor [02023], by the coast [01366] of the land [0776] of Edom [0123], saying [0559],
10 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] set forward [05265], and pitched [02583] in Oboth [088].
4 And they journeyed [05265] from mount [02022] Hor [02023] by the way [01870] of the Red [05488] sea [03220], to compass [05437] the land [0776] of Edom [0123]: and the soul [05315] of the people [05971] was much discouraged [07114] because of the way [01870].
41 And they departed [05265] from mount [02022] Hor [02023], and pitched [02583] in Zalmonah [06758].
1 And when king [04428] Arad [06166] the Canaanite [03669], which dwelt [03427] in the south [05045], heard [08085] tell that Israel [03478] came [0935] by the way [01870] of the spies [0871]; then he fought [03898] against Israel [03478], and took [07617] some of them prisoners [07628].
40 And king [04428] Arad [06166] the Canaanite [03669], which dwelt [03427] in the south [05045] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], heard [08085] of the coming [0935] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
33 And they departed [05265] from the mount [02022] of the LORD [03068] three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870]: and the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] went [05265] before [06440] them in the three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870], to search out [08446] a resting place [04496] for them.
12 And they took their journey [05265] out of the wilderness [04057] of Sin [05512], and encamped [02583] in Dophkah [01850].
41 And they departed [05265] from mount [02022] Hor [02023], and pitched [02583] in Zalmonah [06758].
1 And all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265] from the wilderness [04057] of Sin [05512], after their journeys [04550], according to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [02583] in Rephidim [07508]: and there was no water [04325] for the people [05971] to drink [08354].
10 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] set forward [05265], and pitched [02583] in Oboth [088].
37 And they removed [05265] from Kadesh [06946], and pitched [02583] in mount [02022] Hor [02023], in the edge [07097] of the land [0776] of Edom [0123].