Bible Strands
Numbers 20:28
After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the conclusion of the Mount Hor event, where Moses executes the transfer of priestly vestments to Eleazar, followed by Aaron’s death and their descent.
The words — וַיַּפְשֵׁט (va.yafshet) translates "and he stripped off," and וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ (va.yalvesh) translates "and he clothed," denoting the literal removal and bestowal of the garments.
The thread — The garment transfer and Aaron’s death are cross-referenced in Numbers 20:26–29, Deuteronomy 10:6, and Exodus 29:29, which together document the succession of the high priesthood.
Why it lands — The text states a completed action of succession and a finalized mortality, requiring the reader to recognize the end of Aaron’s leadership and the institutional continuity without adding theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 10:6 The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
- Exodus 29:29 The holy garments that belong to Aaron will belong to his sons after him, so they can be anointed and ordained in them.
- Numbers 20:26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”
- Numbers 27:16 “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
- Numbers 33:38 At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 31:7 Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.
- Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
- Deuteronomy 34:9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 1 Chronicles 22:11 Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.