The Sifre taught that God told Moses in that Moses would die "as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people", because when Moses saw the merciful manner of Aaron's death, as reported in , Moses concluded that he would want to die the same way. The Sifre taught that God told Aaron to go in a cave, to climb onto a bier, to spread his hands, to spread his legs, to close his mouth, and to close his eyes, and then Aaron died. And at that moment, Moses concluded that one would be happy to die that way.