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Selected Verse: Numbers 20:29 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 20:29 |
Strong Concordance |
And when all the congregation [05712] saw [07200] that Aaron [0175] was dead [01478], they mourned [01058] for Aaron [0175] thirty [07970] days [03117], even all the house [01004] of Israel [03478]. |
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King James |
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead--Moses and Eleazar were the sole witnesses of his departure (Num 20:28). According to the established law, the new high priest could not have been present at the funeral of his father without contracting ceremonial defilement (Lev 21:11). But that law was dispensed with in the extraordinary circumstances. The people learned the event not only from the recital of the two witnesses, but from their visible signs of grief and change; and this event betokened the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood (Heb 7:12).
they mourned for Aaron thirty days--the usual period of public and solemn mourning. (See on Deu 34:8). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Saw - Understood by the relation of Moses and Eleazar, and by other signs. Thirty days - The time of publick and solemn mourning for great persons. |
8 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] wept [01058] for Moses [04872] in the plains [06160] of Moab [04124] thirty [07970] days [03117]: so the days [03117] of weeping [01065] and mourning [060] for Moses [04872] were ended [08552].
12 For [1063] the priesthood [2420] being changed [3346], there is made [1096] of [1537] necessity [318] a change [3331] also [2532] of the law [3551].
11 Neither shall he go in [0935] to any dead [04191] body [05315], nor defile [02930] himself for his father [01], or for his mother [0517];
28 And Moses [04872] stripped [06584] Aaron [0175] of his garments [0899], and put [03847] them upon Eleazar [0499] his son [01121]; and Aaron [0175] died [04191] there in the top [07218] of the mount [02022]: and Moses [04872] and Eleazar [0499] came down [03381] from the mount [02022].