Deuteronomy 32:50

And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 34:5 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 34:5 records Moses' death as commanded in 32:50 — the fulfillment of God's word.

Genesis 25:8 uses the same phrase 'gathered unto his people' for Abraham — the same idiom describing Moses' death.

Genesis 25:17 uses 'gathered unto his people' for Ishmael — echoing the same death formula applied to Moses here.

Genesis 49:33 uses 'gathered unto his people' for Jacob — the same idiom Moses is told he will experience.

Numbers 20:24-29 recounts Aaron's death on Mount Hor — the exact parallel cited here for Moses' own death.

Numbers 33:38 also records Aaron's death on Mount Hor — the same event Moses' death is compared to.

Numbers 20:12 Historical context

Numbers 20:12 gives the reason Moses and Aaron cannot enter Canaan — the disobedience at Meribah leading to both their deaths.

Numbers 20:28 recounts Aaron's actual death on Mount Hor — the very event Moses is told to imitate in his own death.

Numbers 27:13 repeats God’s instruction to Moses: 'you also shall be gathered... as Aaron your brother was gathered' — identical wording.

Genesis 15:15 promises Abraham he will 'go to his fathers' — a similar idiom for peaceful death applied to Moses here.

Numbers 26:65 Historical context

Numbers 26:65 notes that the entire wilderness generation was doomed to die, showing Moses' death fits that judgment.