24Aaron 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-29)The chapter began with the funeral of Miriam, and it ends with the funeral of her brother Aaron. When death comes into a family, it often strikes double. Israel had not improved the former affliction they were under, by the death of the prophetess, and therefore, soon after, God took away their priest, to try if they would lay that to heart. This happened at the very next stage, when they removed…
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