Moses and Eleazer came down alone from the mountain, and the people wailed because Aaron was no more. But the coffin of Aaron rose, borne by angels, in the sight of the whole congregation, and was carried into heaven, whilst the angels sang: “The priest’s lips have kept knowledge, have spoken truth!”[574] The Mussulman story is not quite the same. One version is that both Moses and Aaron ascended Hor, knowing that one of them was to die, but uncertain which, and they found a cave, and a sarcophagus therein with the inscription on it, “I am for him whom I fit.” Moses tried to lie down in it, but his feet hung out; Aaron next entered it, lay down, and it fitted him exactly. Then Gabriel led Moses and the sons of Aaron out of the cave, and when they were again admitted Aaron was dead.[575] Another version is this: God announced to Moses that he would call Aaron to Himself. Then Moses took his brother from the camp, and they went into the desert, till they came to a tree. When Aaron saw the shadow, he said, “O my brother, whose tree is this?” Moses said, “God alone knows.” Then spake Aaron, “I am weary, and the shadow is cool; suffer me to repose a little while under the tree.” Moses said, “Lie down my brother; and may thy rest be sweet.” Aaron lay down, and Moses sat by him till he died. Then suddenly the tree, the shadow, and Aaron vanished; and Moses returned alone to the Israelites. They were angry with him, that he had not brought back Aaron, and they took up stones against him. But Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed them Aaron on a bed, and he was dead; and the people looked, and wondered, and wept: then said a voice from heaven, “God hath taken him.” The people bewailed him many days.[576] 14. THE DEATH OF MOSES. When the time came for Moses to die, the Lord called Gabriel to Him, and said, “Go and bring the soul of My servant Moses to Paradise.” The angel Gabriel answered in astonishment, “Lord, Lord, how can I venture to give death to that man, the like of whom all generations of men have not seen?” Then the Most High called to Him Michael, and said, “Go and bring the soul of My servant Moses to Paradise.” The angel Michael answered in fear, “Lord, Lord, I was his instructor in heavenly lore! How can I bear death to my pupil?” Then the Most High called to Him Sammael, and said, “Go and bring the soul of My servant Moses to Paradise.” The angel Sammael flushed red with joy. He clothed himself in anger, and grasped his sword, and rushed down upon the holy one. But he found him writing the incommunicable name of God, and he saw his face shine with divine light. Then he stood irresolute, and his sword sank with the point to earth. “What seekest thou?” asked Moses. “I am sent to give thee death,” answered the trembling angel. “All mortals must submit to that.”