The books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers maintain that Aaron received from God a monopoly over the priesthood for himself and his male descendants. From here on in Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers, Joshua appears in the role of Moses' assistant while Aaron functions instead as the first high priest. While Joshua went with Moses to the top, however, Aaron and Hur remained below to look after the people. When the revelation was given to Moses at Mount Sinai, he headed the elders of Israel who accompanied Moses on the way to the summit. At the battle with Amalek, he was chosen with Hur to support the hand of Moses that held the " rod of God".
ĭuring the journey in the wilderness, Aaron was not always prominent or active. After that, Moses tended to act and speak for himself.
Then he stretched out his rod in order to bring on the first three plagues. Cite error: A tag is missing the closing (see the help page). Aaron is also mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible ( Luke, Acts, and Hebrews). According to the Book of Numbers, he died and was buried on Mount Hor, Deuteronomy however places these events at Moserah. Īaron died before the Israelites crossed the Jordan river. Part of the Law given to Moses at Sinai granted Aaron the priesthood for himself and his male descendants, and he became the first High Priest of the Israelites. When Moses first confronted the Egyptian king about the enslavement of the Israelites, Aaron served as his brother's spokesman ("prophet") to the Pharaoh ( Exodus 7:1). The Hebrew Bible relates that, unlike Moses, who grew up in the Egyptian royal court, Aaron and his elder sister Miriam remained with their kinsmen in the eastern border-land of Egypt ( Goshen). Knowledge of Aaron, along with his brother Moses, exclusively comes from [[religio The Sunday before Nativity (Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Old Testament) ( Eastern Orthodox Church)Īccording to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ( / ˈ ær ən/ or / ˈ ɛər ən/ Hebrew: אַהֲרֹן ’Ahărōn) was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Russian icon of Aaron from the 17th century
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