"Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.Odd reasoning, in my opinion. Aaron is about to die, and he won't make it into the promised land. That much I understand, and makes sense. He certainly messed up a couple times, so his being banned from entering the land isn't unreasonable.
However, why is the reason for his punishment given as because he rebelled at Meribah? According to the text earlier in the chapter, Moses is the one who rebelled. Moses struck the rod on the rock, not Aaron. Did Aaron not stop him when he had the opportunity? is Aaron's death a punishment upon Moses, losing his brother? I just don't understand the reasoning here.
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