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
"Yet the record of his noble life had been marred. *Aaron committed a grievous sin in yielding to the clamors of the people and making a golden calf at Sinai;
*and again, when he united with Miriam in envy and jealousy against Moses.
*And he, with Moses, offended the Lord at Kadesh by disobeying the command to speak to the rock that it might give forth its water.
With deeply sorrowful feelings, Moses removed from Aaron the holy vestments, and placed them upon Eleazar, who thus became his successor by divine appointment. Aaron knew that God was just; and he uttered no complaint, but humbly submitted to the divine will. It is a solemn truth, which should be deeply impressed upon every heart, that a wrong
The burial of Aaron, conducted according to the express command of God, was in striking contrast to the customs of the present day. When a man in high position dies, his funeral services are attended with the greatest pomp and ceremony.
When Aaron died, one of the most illustrious men that ever lived, there were only two of his nearest friends to witness his death, and to attend his burial. And that lonely grave upon Mount Hor was forever hidden from the sight of Israel.
God is not glorified in the great display so often made over the dead, and the great outlay of means in returning their bodies to the dust."
Signs of the Times 1880 E.G.W.
