Numbers 20:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 But Edom replied, “You shall not pass through,”(A) and advanced against them with a large and heavily armed force. 21 Therefore, since Edom refused to let Israel pass through their territory, Israel turned away from them.
Death of Aaron. 22 (B)Setting out from Kadesh, the Israelites, the whole community, came to Mount Hor.[a]
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- 20:22 Mount Hor: not definitively identified, but probably to be sought in the vicinity of Kadesh. According to Dt 10:6, Aaron died at Moserah (cf. “Moseroth” in Nm 33:30–31), which is apparently the name of the region in which Mount Hor is situated.
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