Motif
death as being gathered to one's people
death_as_being_gathered_to_one_s_people
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
jewish christian
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Deuteronomy Chapter 29 / Chapter 30 / Chapter 31 / Chapter 32; lines 1990-2002 confidence: high
“Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people.”
Moses is told he will die and be gathered to his people, as Aaron previously was.
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