Deuteronomy 32:50

You will die ¹  on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, ²  just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor ³  and joined his deceased ancestors,

Ge 15:15; Ge 25:8,17; Ge 49:33; Nu 20:24-29; Nu 33:38; Da 12:13

¹ tn In the Hebrew text the forms translated “you will die…and join” are imperatives, but the actions in view cannot really be commanded. The imperative is used here in a rhetorical, emphatic manner to indicate the certainty of Moses’ death on the mountain. On the rhetorical use of the imperative see IBHS 572 §34.4c.

² tn Heb “be gathered to your people.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

³ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.