Numbers 20:22-29

Contemporary English Version

Aaron Dies

²² After the Israelites had left Kadesh and had gone as far as Mount Hor ²³ on the Edomite border, the Lord said, ²⁴ “Aaron, this is where you will die. You and Moses disobeyed me at Meribah, and so you will not enter the land I promised the Israelites. ²⁵ Moses, go with Aaron and his son Eleazar to the top of the mountain. ²⁶ Then take Aaron's priestly robe from him and place it on Eleazar. Aaron will die there.”

²⁷ Moses obeyed, and everyone watched as he and Aaron and Eleazar walked to the top of Mount Hor. ^28 (A) Moses then took the priestly robe from Aaron and placed it on Eleazar. Aaron died there.

When Moses and Eleazar came down, ²⁹ the people knew that Aaron had died, and they mourned his death for 30 days.