Numbers 20:29

saw. Hebrew. ra'ah, to perceive, understand. Compare Genesis 16:13; Genesis 42:1.Exodus 20:18.

dead. The death of Aaron coincides with the end of the wanderings.

the house of Israel. See note on Exodus 16:31. one of the thirteen occurrences of the expression before the division of the two kingdoms; and compare note on 1 Kings 12:17.

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²⁹ And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 20:29