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nightmare sasuke:
--- Quote from: MG on July 10, 2006, 06:43:24 AM ---This scripture doesn't seem to use gathered in that way. It looks like they left Aaron buried on the mountain alone.
Numbers 20
23And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
24Aaron 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.
25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
26And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
27And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
28And 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.
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Weird. Then what does it mean?
YellowStone:
Perhaps this will help:
Num 20:29
* And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.
Were the congregation on top of the mount? I don't think so, because Moses and Eleazar came off the mount in vs 28.
So perhaps Aaron was brought off the mount, even though the text does nor explicitly state such.
Could "gathered unto his people" be an analogy for being buried, and returning to dust.
Ecc 12:7
* Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Just my thoughts :)
With Love,
Darren
knuckle:
Hi all-----------
we better look at Moses' death
Deu 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:
Deu 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Deu 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulcher unto this day.
Moses didn't have a funeral per say-----yet he was gatered unto his people
much love---------knuckle
YellowStone:
--- Quote from: knuckle on July 10, 2006, 11:12:53 PM ---Hi all-----------
we better look at Moses' death
Deu 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:
Deu 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Deu 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulcher unto this day.
Moses didn't have a funeral per say-----yet he was gatered unto his people
much love---------knuckle
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Knuckle, what do you think of the following: "gathered unto his people" be an analogy for being buried, and returning to dust.
It would seem that each had at least this in common, for where else, if not to dust were his people.
I might be off track here, but I really believe that this was a figure of speech. For surely that is where they all went. :)
Job 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
knuckle:
Hi Yellowstone--------------
Gen 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
I think that it has something to do with transgression and the penalty for it.I haven't figured it all out yet but folks die and are gathered unto thier people but when Christ comes folks are gathered unto Him.Dust, the grave,sleep they all seem to be where dead folks are until the ressurection.The "to thy people" idea seems to denote that folks weren't afraid of death in Moses' time.It almost reads like God killed Aaron and Moses up on those mountains but they went peacefully.Like they understood that it was just sleep.My great uncle was a very devout man.At the time of his death he had all the men gather around his death bed.He told them he was going to show them how a rightous man dies.He told them he loved them said a prayer closed his eyes and he was gone.This is really starting me to think......
much love----------knuckle
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