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Mount Hor

Edom (border of the wilderness) · Old Testament · 12 verses

Mount Hor was a mountain on the border of Edom where Israel camped during the wilderness journey. It is named as the place of Aaron's death. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy in the King James text.

About Mount Hor

Mount Hor was a mountain on the border of Edom where Israel camped during the wilderness journey. It is named as the place of Aaron's death.

Its place in the story

At Mount Hor Aaron the high priest died and his son Eleazar took his priestly garments. It marks a stage of the journey near the end of the wilderness years.

Mount Hor in Scripture (KJV)

“And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.”
Numbers 20:22 (KJV)
“And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,”
Numbers 20:23 (KJV)
“Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:”
Numbers 20:25 (KJV)
“And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.”
Numbers 20:27 (KJV)
“And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.”
Numbers 21:4 (KJV)
“And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.”
Numbers 33:37 (KJV)
“And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.”
Numbers 33:38 (KJV)
“And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.”
Numbers 33:39 (KJV)

Mount Hor is named 12 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The passing of the priesthood at Mount Hor is part of the Old Testament priestly line whose fulfillment the New Testament finds in Christ, the great high priest.

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Where is Mount Hor in the Bible?

Mount Hor was a mountain on the border of Edom where Israel camped during the wilderness journey. It is named as the place of Aaron's death. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy in the King James text.

What happened at Mount Hor?

At Mount Hor Aaron the high priest died and his son Eleazar took his priestly garments. It marks a stage of the journey near the end of the wilderness years.

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