"When you have seenit, you toowill be gatheredto your people,as Aaronyour brotherwas;
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.
"Takefullvengeancefor the sonsof Israelon the Midianites;afterwardyou will be gatheredto your people."
Then Aaronthe priestwentup to MountHorat the commandof the LORD,and diedtherein the fortiethyearafter the sonsof Israelhad comefrom the landof Egypt,on the first[day] in the fifthmonth.
"The LORDwas angrywith me alsoon your account,saying,Not evenyou shall enterthere.
(Now the sonsof Israelsetout from BeerothBene-jaakanto Moserah.ThereAarondiedand therehe was buriedand Eleazarhis sonministeredas priestin his place.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,the timefor you to dieis near;callJoshua,and presentyourselves at the tentof meeting,that I may commissionhim." So Mosesand Joshuawentand presentedthemselves at the tentof meeting.
The LORDsaidto Moses,"Behold,you are about to liedownwith your fathers;and thispeoplewill ariseand playthe harlotwith the strangegodsof the land,into the midstof whichthey are going,and will forsakeMe and breakMy covenantwhichI have madewith them.
"Then dieon the mountainwhereyou ascend,and be gatheredto your people,as Aaronyour brotherdiedon MountHorand was gatheredto his people,
"For I will diein thisland,I shall not crossthe Jordan,but you shall crossand takepossessionof thisgoodland.
