Ulangan 32:50

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,

Ulangan 33:9

33:9 He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” ⁴ 

and he did not acknowledge his own brothers

or know his own children,

for they kept your word,

and guarded your covenant.

[32:50]  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.

[32:50]  ² tn Heb “be gathered to your people.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

[32:50]  ³ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.

[33:9]  ⁴ sn This statement no doubt alludes to the Levites’ destruction of their own fellow tribesmen following the golden calf incident (Exod 32:25-29).