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Mount Hor

הֹר · hor · H2023G10 mentions in 2 books, most in Numbers (9)
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Where it is

NebaiothDinhabahHor-haggidgadHor-haggidgadHavilahHavilahTemanTemanAkrabbimAkrabbimMount Horabout 113 km across

30.32° N, 35.41° E

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Mentioned most in

Numbers · 9Deuteronomy · 1
Counted from 10 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Mount Hor was a mountain located on the border of Edom (Numbers 20:23). During Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan, God commanded Moses to take Aaron and his son Eleazar to the top of Mount Hor. There, Moses removed Aaron's priestly garments and put them on Eleazar, transferring the high priesthood to him. Aaron died on the mountain and was mourned by the Israelites for 30 days (Numbers 20:25-29). The people then traveled from Mount Hor to the Red Sea to bypass Edom (Numbers 21:4). Mount Hor marked the end of Aaron's leadership as high priest and his death in the 40th year after the Exodus (Numbers 33:38-39).

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Every mention

10 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
NumbersChapter 20: 4 mentionsChapter 21: 1 mentionChapter 33: 4 mentions9 mentions
Numbers 20:22They traveled from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.Numbers 20:23Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,Numbers 20:25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;Numbers 20:27Moses did as Yahweh commanded. They went up onto Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.Numbers 21:4They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.Numbers 33:37They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.Numbers 33:38Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth…Numbers 33:39Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.Numbers 33:41They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
DeuteronomyChapter 32: 1 mention1 mention
Deuteronomy 32:50Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people;

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