King James Version
Numbers 20:29 in the King James Version says “And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.”
Numbers 20:29 · KJV
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
“saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And when all the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“even all the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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