Numbers 20:24

24. Shall be gathered unto his people This phrase is a Hebrew euphemism for death, as is seen in Numbers 20:26. “Merciful men are gathered, none considering that the righteous is gathered from the evil to come.” See the Hebrew of Isaiah 57:1. Thus David was gathered unto his fathers. See the Greek of Acts 13:36. “His people” are “the spirits of just men made perfect.” That this “gathering” has reference to the soul, see David’s prayer, Psalms 26:9.

Because ye rebelled Evinced a spirit not in harmony with Jehovah’s will. See Numbers 20:12, where the sin is stated, “because ye believed not.” The two statements are harmonized by the consideration that unbelief is the root and essence of every sin. John 16:9, note.

Meribah Numbers 20:13, note.