KJV King James Version
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:
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Deuteronomy 32:50
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
and die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people:
ASV American Standard Version
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:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
47 For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
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:
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before [thee]; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּמֻ֗תH4191 · mutto dieבָּהָר֙H2022 · harmountain: mountאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichאַתָּה֙H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)עֹלֶ֣הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשָׁ֔מָּהH8033 · shamthereוְהֵאָסֵ֖ףH622 · a.saphto gatherאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עַמֶּ֑יךָH5971 · ampeopleכַּֽאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichמֵ֞תH4191 · mutto dieאַהֲרֹ֤ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronאָחִ֙יךָ֙H251 · achbrother: male-siblingבְּהֹ֣רH2023 · hor(Mount) Horהָהָ֔רH2022 · harmountain: mountוַיֵּאָ֖סֶףH622 · a.saphto gatherאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)עַמָּֽיו׃H5971 · ampeople
Cross-references
Genesis 25:8Then 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.Numbers 33:38And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first [day] of the fifth month.Numbers 20:24-29Aaron 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.Genesis 25:17And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.Genesis 49:33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.Daniel 12:13But go thou thy way till the end [be]: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
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