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Exodus and wilderness

Aaron dies on Mount Hor

1452 BCUssher date

Numbers 20:22–29; 33:38–39

At God's command, Moses took Aaron's priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar; Aaron died on the mountaintop at 123.

Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

Numbers 20:28 (World English Bible)
Great SeaRamesesSuccothRed Sea crossing(traditional area)MarahElimRephidimMount Sinai(traditional site)proposed alternateSinai (Midian)Kadesh BarneaEzion-geberMount HorNeboJerichoEdomMoabWilderness of ParanYears 1–2: Egypt to Sinai to KadeshYear 40: Kadesh around Edom to the plains of MoabCoastlines simplified
The Exodus route on the traditional southern Sinai view. Many sites, and the crossing point itself, are debated.

Israel mourned Aaron for thirty days. The high priesthood passed to Eleazar. Hebrews contrasts that line of priests, who kept dying and being replaced, with Jesus, the priest who lives forever (Hebrews 7:23–25).

Places

EdomKadesh-barneaMount Hor

Dating notes

The first day of the fifth month of the 40th year (Numbers 33:38), 1452 BC in Ussher. Mount Hor is traditionally identified with Jebel Harun near Petra, though some prefer a site nearer Kadesh.

Open on the timelineRead Numbers 20:22–29