The Meaning of Numbers 33:39 Explained

Numbers 33:39

KJV: And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

YLT: and Aaron is a son of a hundred and twenty and three years in his dying in mount Hor.

Darby: And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on mount Hor.

ASV: And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

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What is the context of Numbers 33:39?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Aaron [was] an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

What does Numbers 33:39 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 33:38-56 - No Compromise With Idolatry

Aaron's death must have been deeply felt by his brother Moses. During the great crisis of Hebrew history they had been so closely associated that the wrench must have been very considerable. In addition, there was the recollection of the sin which had excluded the two brothers from Canaan. In the Epistle to the Hebrews the death of Aaron is recorded to set forth the eternal priesthood of Christ, Hebrews 7:17. Our High Priest has no successor; His office cannot be passed to another. It is not after Aaron, but Melchizedek.

The last paragraph, Numbers 33:50-56, is especially impressive. There must be no complicity with evil; for if there be, it will eat out the very heart of our character and happiness. It is much better to root out evil with a strong hand than to suffer it in any form, for, like the boomerang of the savage, our sinful permissions will come back on ourselves. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 33

¹ The forty-two journeys of the Israelites
⁵⁰ The Canaanites are to be destroyed

What do the individual words in Numbers 33:39 mean?

And Aaron [was] old three and twenty and a hundred years when he died on Hor Mount -

וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן בֶּן־ שָׁלֹ֧שׁ וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה בְּמֹת֖וֹ בְּהֹ֥ר הָהָֽר ס

וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן	And Aaron [was]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אַהֲרֹון Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
בֶּן־	old
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שָׁלֹ֧שׁ	three
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ Sense: three, triad.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים	and twenty
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִים Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וּמְאַ֖ת	and a hundred
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
שָׁנָ֑ה	years
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שָׁנָה Sense: year.
בְּמֹת֖וֹ	when he died
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular Root: מָוֶת Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
בְּהֹ֥ר	on Hor
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: הֹר Sense: the mountain on which Aaron died; situated on the eastern side of the valley of Arabah, the highest of the whole range of sandstone mountains in Edom; on the eastern side is the ancient city of Petra.
הָהָֽר	Mount
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: הַר Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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