Numbers 20:25
Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring them up into mount Hor:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tolle Aaron et filium ejus cum eo, et duces eos in montem Hor.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- λάβε τὸν Ἀαρὼν καὶ Ἐλεαζὰρ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβίβασον αὐτοὺς εἰς Ὣρ τὸ ὄρος ἔναντι πάσης τῆς συναγωγῆς·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- קַ֚ח אֶֽת אַהֲרֹ֔ן וְאֶת אֶלְעָזָ֖ר בְּנ֑וֹ וְהַ֥עַל אֹתָ֖ם הֹ֥ר הָהָֽר
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyprian The Epistles of Cyprian, Epistle LXVII
4. Which very thing, too, we observe to come from divine authority, that the priest should be chosen in the presence of the people under the eyes of all, and should be approved worthy and suitable by public judgment and testimony; as in the book of Numbers the Lord commanded Moses, saying, “Take Aaron thy brother, and Eleazar his son, and place them in the mount, in the presence of all the assembly, and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and let Aaron die there, and be added to his people.” God commands a priest to be appointed in the presence of all the assembly; that is, He instructs and shows that the ordination of priests ought not to be solemnized except with the knowledge of the people standing near, that in the presence of the people either the crimes of the wicked may be disclosed, or the merits of the good may be declared, and the ordination, which s …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XCIX
10. Come, my brethren; if we ask how these were punished, the Lord will aid me to tell you. Let us consider these three persons, Moses, Aaron, and Samuel: and how they were punished, since he said, “Thou hast punished all their own affections:” meaning those affections of theirs, which the Lord knew in their hearts, which men knew not. For they were living in the midst of the people of God, without complaint from man. But what do we say? That perhaps the early life of Moses was sinful; for he fled from Egypt, after slaying a man. The early life of Aaron also was such as would displease God; for he allowed a maddened and infatuated people to make an idol to worship; and an idol was made for God’s people to worship. What sin did Samuel, who was given up when an infant to the temple? He passed all his life amid the holy sacraments of God: from childhood the servant of God. …