Numbers 33:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעַל֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶל־הֹ֥ר הָהָ֛ר עַל־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּ֣מָת שָׁ֑ם בִּשְׁנַ֣ת הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֗ים לְצֵ֤את בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֖י בְּאֶחָ֥ד לַחֹֽדֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

And wə-ya'al ʾAhărōn ha-kōhēn unto Hōr hā-hār according to pî YHWH and wə-yāmāt there, in šənat hā-ʾarbā'îm for ṣēʾt bənê-Yiśrāʾēl from ʾereṣ Miṣrayim, in ha-ḥōdeš ha-ḥămîšî in ʾeḥād la-ḥōdeš.

Grammar Details

*wə-ya'al*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went up
*ʾAhărōn ha-kōhēn*: noun with definite article - Aaron the priest
*Hōr hā-hār*: proper noun with definite article + prefixed preposition *ʾel* - unto Hor the mountain/Mount Hor
*pî YHWH*: construct form with prefixed preposition *'al* - according to command/mouth of YHWH
*wə-yāmāt*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died
*šənat hā-ʾarbā'îm*: construct form with definite article + prefixed preposition *bə* - in year the fortieth
*ṣēʾt bənê-Yiśrāʾēl*: infinitive construct with prefixed preposition *lə* - for going out of children of Israel
*ʾereṣ Miṣrayim*: construct form with prefixed preposition *mē* - from land of Egypt
*ha-ḥōdeš ha-ḥămîšî*: definite article + prefixed preposition *bə* - in the month the fifth
*ʾeḥād la-ḥōdeš*: construct form with prefixed preposition *bə* - in first of the month

Word Meanings

*ya'al*: go up/ascend/climb
*kōhēn*: priest/minister
*pî*: mouth/command/word/edge
*yāmāt*: die/perish
*ṣēʾt*: going out/exodus/departure
*ḥōdeš*: month/new moon

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 10:6 : 6 (And the children of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
Deut 32:50 : 50 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:
Num 20:24-28 : 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 waters of Meribah. 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. 27 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 33:39-41
3 verses
89%
39And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
40And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
41And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
Num 33:37
80%
37And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
Num 20:22-29
8 verses
79%
22And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor.
23And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
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 waters of Meribah.
25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor;
26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [unto his people], and shall die there.
27And Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Deut 32:50-51
2 verses
79%
50and 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:
51because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
Deut 10:6
76%
6(And the children of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
Deut 1:3
74%
3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;
Lev 16:1-2
2 verses
72%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died;
2and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.
Num 27:12-13
2 verses
72%
12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
13And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
Deut 34:5
71%
5So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.
Exod 7:7-8
2 verses
70%
7And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
8And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Exod 28:35
70%
35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Num 3:1
70%
1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Josh 24:33
69%
33And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.
Num 20:1
69%
1And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
Deut 34:8
69%
8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
Exod 4:27-28
2 verses
69%
27And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.
28And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him.
Lev 10:3
69%
3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Exod 30:11
69%
11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 3:4-5
2 verses
69%
4And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 9:1
68%
1And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
Num 16:41
68%
41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.
Lev 8:36
68%
36And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by Moses.
Lev 10:8
68%
8And Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying,
Num 33:1
68%
1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Num 33:50
68%
50And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
Lev 14:33
67%
33And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 4:1
67%
1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Num 26:1
67%
1And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
Exod 24:9
67%
9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Exod 4:30
67%
30and Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.