King James Version
Numbers 20:23 in the King James Version says “And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,”
Numbers 20:23 · KJV
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,
Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. word: Heb. mouth
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“by the coast”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
“of Edom”
H123edom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
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