Holy Scripture

Numbers 20:26

A church father on this verse
“But what does this signify, that after Aaron was dead, the Lord commanded, not the whole people, but Moses alone, who is amongst the priests, to clothe Aaron's son Eleazar with the priest's garments, except that we should understand that priest must consecrate priest, and himself clothe him with the vestments, that is…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Epistle 63

Source: Septuagint

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26and take Aaron’s apparel from off him, and put it on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron die there and be added to his people.

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24Let Aaron be added to his people; for ye shall certainly not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because ye provoked me at the water of strife.

25Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to the Mount Hor before all the congregation;

— Numbers 20:26 —

27And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and took him up to Mount Hor, before all the congregation.

28And he took Aaron’s garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

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