“Aaron 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.”
Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. And all the congregation mourned for Aaron thirty days — Aaron's advanced age signals the passing of the old generation; he lived to see the wilderness journey nearing completion but not to enter the Promised Land. The thirty-day mourning period is longer than typical (Deuteronomy 34:8 specifies thirty days for Moses), indicating Aaron's significance. The entire congregation participates in lamentation; he was leader and priest for all Israel.
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