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A Real Place, A Real Journey
Commentators identify Mount Hor with a specific mountain known today as Jebel Harun, near the ancient city of Petra. This detail grounds the biblical story in actual history and geography, reminding readers that Israel's journey was a physical one through a real landscape.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 20:22
18th Century
Theologian
Mount Hor - The modern Jebel Harun, situated on the eastern side of the Arabah, and close to Petra. This striking mountain, rising on a dark…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 20:22
19th Century
Bishop
And the children of Israel ... — Better, And they journeyed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregati…
John Gill
On Numbers 20:22
17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation,
journeyed from Kadesh Not direc…
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 20:22–29
17th Century
Minister
God commands Aaron to prepare to die. There is something of displeasure in these orders. Aaron must not enter Canaan, because he had failed in his …