The Bible Story Vol 2_w.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong

sandsto ne moun tain to its height of
six thousa nd feet.
Aaron Dies on Mount Hor
After the three arrived atop
Mt. Hor, Aaron gazed silently down
on the Israelite camp he knew he
would never joi n agai n. Looking
upward, he could see to the west a
part of the moun tains and deserts
t hro ug h whic h t he pe ople had
st ruggled. He turne d his gaze to the
north west, but could not qu ite see
the promised land just over a ran ge
of mountains. Regretfully he rememb
ered God's pron oun cement
that he and Moses would not go
int o that promised land because of
t hei r wrong attitude when they
sought to bring water to th e people
out of a rock. He realized that he
had come to the end of his life.
According to God's inst ructions,
Moses removed the priestly
attire from Aaron and put it on
Aaron's son Eleazar . As soon as this
was done and Eleazar was an ointed
into Aaron's office, Aar on sat down,
leaned back on a ledge and closed
his eyes. It was at that moment
that he dr ew his last breath. There
was noth ing to be done to prevent
him from the peaceful and painless
death that came to one of God's
serva nts at the age of one hundred
and twenty-three years. (Verses 27­
28; Numbers 33:37-39.)
Ther e was great mourni ng
among t he Israelites when they
learned of Aar on's death and buri -
Dressed in his pr iestl y rob es,
Aar on stoo d on the mount ain and ga zed
toward Canaan , the prom is ed land
he knew he would not live to enter.
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