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. [7] Levitical priests or kohanim are …

Aaron was the traditional founder and head of the Israelite priesthood, who, with his brother Moses, led the Israelites out of Egypt. The figure of Aaron as it is now found in the Pentateuch, the first five …

Oct 28, 2025 · Who was Aaron in the Bible? Aaron is best known for his role in the exodus and for being the first of the Levitical, or Aaronic, priesthood. He was born to a family of Levites during Israel’s …

Jan 4, 2024 · Aaron accompanied Moses into Egypt and aided in Israel’s liberation. Aaron co-leads the tribe through the desert and performs miracles and mighty feats of faith. Aaron is no mere sidekick. …

Dec 8, 2025 · What must it have been like to be Aaron? He was the father of priests, the mouthpiece of a prophet, but also the consummate “number two man” of the Bible.

Apr 22, 2025 · In Exodus 32, Aaron instructs the Israelites, who had grown restless during Moses’ long sojourn at Mount Sinai, to gather their jewelry and fashion a golden calf. He then constructs an altar …

His life and role are primarily documented in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Aaron's account is integral to the narrative of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt and …

God frequently spoke to both Moses and Aaron, rarely to Aaron alone. Aaron had no part in the giving of the law, but he and his two elder sons, with the seventy elders, witnessed the divine self …

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, “Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, …

We read that “Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh,” 1 which tells us that Aaron was older than Moses by three years. (It also tells us that it is …