Bible Strands
Numbers 27:13
After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to Moses in Numbers 27:12-13, commanding him to ascend the Abarim range to view the land before announcing that Moses will die and be gathered to his people.
The words — The Hebrew וְ/נֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥ אֶל־עַמְּךָ (ve./ne.'e.saf.Ta 'el-'a.Mei./kha) literally renders "and you will be gathered to your people," drawing on the root אָסַף (H622) to denote a divinely decreed death.
The thread — This phrasing mirrors Numbers 20:24 regarding Aaron’s death, Numbers 31:2 where God reiterates Moses will be gathered after avenging Midian, and Deuteronomy 10:6 which records Aaron’s burial at Moserah.
Why it lands — The text states that viewing the land does not grant entry, and Moses’ fate will mirror Aaron’s, requiring acknowledgment of a fixed divine boundary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Cross-references
- Numbers 31:2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
- 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.
- Numbers 20:24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Genesis 25:8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 25:17 Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
- 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 32:50 And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.