Num 20:22-28 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 20:22-23: 20:22-23 Israel did not follow the more direct route through the southern region east of the Jordan, the Edomite heartland (20:21 ). • After leaving Kadesh, the Hebrews reached Mount Hor , located on the border of the land of Edom . The precise location of Mount Hor remains unknown, though Josephus (writing in AD 70–100) linked it with the Petra region (at Jebel Haroun, “mountain of Aaron”).

a20:22-23►

b20:21►

c20:24-26►

d20:10-12►

e20:27-29►

fLev 8:7-9►

gNum 33:37-39►

hDeut 34:8►

iGen 50:10►

j1 Sam 31:13►

‏ Numbers 20:22-28

Summary for Num 20:22-23: 20:22-23 ^a Israel did not follow the more direct route through the southern region east of the Jordan, the Edomite heartland (20:21 ^b).

• After leaving Kadesh, the Hebrews reached Mount Hor, located on the border of the land of Edom. The precise location of Mount Hor remains unknown, though Josephus (writing in AD 70–100) linked it with the Petra region (at Jebel Haroun, “mountain of Aaron”).
Summary for Num 20:24-26: 20:24-26 ^c Aaron’s participation in the rebellion of his generation resulted in his death outside the Promised Land (20:10-12 ^d).
Summary for Num 20:27-29: 20:27-29 ^e Priestly authority was transferred when Moses placed Aaron’s priestly garments (cp. Lev 8:7-9 ^f) on Eleazar. Afterward, Aaron died at the age of 123, in the fortieth year after the Hebrews left Egypt (see Num 33:37-39 ^g).

• all Israel mourned for him thirty days: This was an unusually high honor (see also Deut 34:8 ^h), since the normal period of public mourning was seven days (Gen 50:10 ⁱ; 1 Sam 31:13 ^j).