"Aaronwill be gatheredto his people;for he shall not enterthe landwhichI have givento the sonsof Israel,becauseyou rebelledagainstMy commandat the watersof Meribah.
"As for you, you shall goto your fathersin peace;you will be buriedat a goodoldage.
Theseare the yearsof the lifeof Ishmael,one hundredand thirty-sevenyears;and he breathedhis lastand died,and was gatheredto his people.
Abrahambreathedhis lastand diedin a ripeoldage,an oldmanand satisfied[with life]; and he was gatheredto his people.
Isaacbreathedhis lastand diedand was gatheredto his people,an oldmanof ripeage;and his sonsEsauand Jacobburiedhim.
Then he chargedthem and saidto them, "I am about to be gatheredto my people;buryme with my fathersin the cavethat is in the fieldof Ephronthe Hittite,
When Jacobfinishedcharginghis sons,he drewhis feetinto the bedand breathedhis last,and was gatheredto his people.
"Behold,I will gatheryou to your fathersand you shall be gatheredto your gravein peace,so your eyeswill not seeallthe evilwhichI will bringon thisplaceand on its inhabitants."'"And they broughtbackwordto the king.
He namedthe placeMassahand Meribahbecauseof the quarrelof the sonsof Israel,and becausethey testedthe LORD,saying,"Is the LORDamongus, ornot?"
and stripAaronof his garmentsand putthem on his sonEleazar.So Aaronwill be gathered[to his people], and will diethere."
"Whyhave you made us comeup from Egypt,to bringus in to thiswretchedplace?It is not a placeof grainor figsor vinesor pomegranates,noris therewaterto drink."
"When you have seenit, you toowill be gatheredto your people,as Aaronyour brotherwas;
"Takefullvengeancefor the sonsof Israelon the Midianites;afterwardyou will be gatheredto your people."
"Allthe serviceof the sonsof the Gershonites,in alltheir loadsand in alltheir work,shall be [performed] at the commandof Aaronand his sons;and you shall assignto them as a dutyalltheir loads.
"Then dieon the mountainwhereyou ascend,and be gatheredto your people,as Aaronyour brotherdiedon MountHorand was gatheredto his people,
Of Levihe said,"[Let] Your Thummimand Your Urim[belong] to Your godlyman,WhomYou provedat Massah,With whom You contendedat the watersof Meribah;
and saidto the men,"I knowthat the LORDhas givenyou the land,and that the terrorof you has fallenon us, and that allthe inhabitantsof the landhave meltedawaybeforeyou.
Allthat generationalsowere gatheredto their fathers;and there aroseanothergenerationafterthem whodid not knowthe LORD,noryetthe workwhichHe had donefor Israel.
