King James Version
Numbers 20:27 in the King James Version says “And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.”
Numbers 20:27 · KJV
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
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.
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and they went up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“in the sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
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