Numbers 20:29 and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, all the Israelites mourned for him thirty days.

◄ Numbers 20:29 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, all the Israelites mourned for him thirty days.

English Standard Version
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.

New American Standard Bible
When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.

King James Bible
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the whole community saw that Aaron had passed away, the entire house of Israel mourned for him 30 days.

International Standard Version
When the entire community saw that Aaron had died, they mourned in memory of Aaron for 30 days.

American Standard Version
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aaron being dead in the top of the mountain, he came down with Eleazar. And all the multitude seeing that Aaron was dead, mourned for him thirty days throughout all their families.

Darby Bible Translation
And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even the whole house of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
and all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days -- all the house of Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 50:3
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days.

Genesis 50:10
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

Deuteronomy 34:8
And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

1 Samuel 25:1
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:22-29 God bids Aaron prepare to die. There is something of displeasure in these orders. Aaron must not enter Canaan, because he had failed in his duty at the waters of strife. There is much of mercy in them. Aaron, though he dies for his transgression, dies with ease, and in honour. He is gathered to his people, as one who dies in the arms of Divine grace. There is much significancy in these orders. Aaron must not enter Canaan, to show that the Levitical priesthood could make nothing perfect; that must be done by bringing in a better hope. Aaron submits, and dies in the method and manner appointed; and, for aught that appears, with as much cheerfulness as if he had been going to bed. It was a great satisfaction to Aaron to see his son, who was dear to him, preferred; and his office preserved and secured: especially, to see in this a figure of Christ's everlasting priesthood. A good man would desire, if it were the will of God, not to outlive his usefulness. Why should we covet to continue any longer in this world, than while we may do some service in it for God and our generation?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

29. When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead—Moses and Eleazar were the sole witnesses of his departure (Nu 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 (Le 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 [85]De 34:8).