Numbers 20:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Numbers 20:28. And Aaron died there And there he was also buried; Deuteronomy 10:6 for it was the ancient custom to bury persons of eminence in high places. See Joshua 24:30; Joshua 24:33.Judges 2:9. This event fell out in the fortieth year after they came from Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month, which answers to our July, when Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old. See ch. Numbers 33:38-39. In his death we see the insufficiency of the Levitical priesthood, and the necessity of an High Priest who should live for ever to intercede for the Israel of God.

Numbers 20:28

28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.