The Meaning of Numbers 27:13 Explained

Numbers 27:13

KJV: And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

YLT: and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered,

Darby: And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy peoples, as Aaron thy brother was gathered,

ASV: And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when thou hast seen  it, thou also shalt be gathered  unto thy people,  as Aaron  thy brother  was gathered. 

What does Numbers 27:13 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 27:1-23 - Joshua Appointed Moses' Successor
Up to the last Moses was faithful as a servant to Him that had appointed him in all his house, Hebrews 3:2. Notice that he did not attempt to legislate for these young girls, who pleaded for a possession in their father's right; but he brought their case before God. It was ever "as the Lord commanded Moses," Numbers 27:11; Numbers 22:1-41. And when he was bidden to ascend the mountain and die his main anxiety was to secure a successor to shepherd the people. Notice that expressive phrase, "the God of the spirits of all flesh!" See Hebrews 12:9.
The great Lawgiver may bring the people to the borders of the land of rest, but there he must resign his charge. The law, with its demands for an obedience which we cannot give, cannot bring the soul to rest. That is the prerogative of Joshua-Jesus, Hebrews 4:8. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 27

1  The daughters of Zelophehad ask for an inheritance
6  The law of inheritances
12  Moses, being told of his death, asks for a successor
18  Joshua is appointed to succeed him

What do the individual words in Numbers 27:13 mean?

And when you have seen it and shall be gathered to your people also you as was gathered Aaron your brother
וְרָאִ֣יתָה אֹתָ֔הּ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥ אֶל־ עַמֶּ֖יךָ גַּם־ אָ֑תָּה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נֶאֱסַ֖ף אַהֲרֹ֥ן אָחִֽיךָ

וְרָאִ֣יתָה  And  when  you  have  seen 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֥  and  shall  be  gathered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
עַמֶּ֖יךָ  your  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
נֶאֱסַ֖ף  was  gathered 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
אַהֲרֹ֥ן  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
אָחִֽיךָ  your  brother 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.