Numbers 20:28
And when he had stripped Aaron of his vestments, he vested Eleazar his son with them.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cumque Aaron spoliasset vestibus suis, induit eis Eleazarum filium ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐξέδυσεν Ἀαρὼν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνέδυσεν Ἐλεαζὰρ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ἀαρὼν ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς τοῦ ὄρους, καὶ κατέβη Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἐλεαζὰρ ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיַּפְשֵׁט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶֽת אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶת בְּגָדָ֗יו וַיַּלְבֵּ֤שׁ אֹתָם֙ אֶת אֶלְעָזָ֣ר בְּנ֔וֹ וַיָּ֧מָת אַהֲרֹ֛ן שָׁ֖ם בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֑ר וַיֵּ֧רֶד מֹשֶׁ֛ה וְאֶלְעָזָ֖ר מִן הָהָֽר
The Fathers on this verse
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. …