Aaron

Lineage of

• Exodus 6:16–20

  And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. …

• Joshua 21:4

  And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

• Joshua 21:10

  Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

• 1 Chronicles 6:2

  And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

• 1 Chronicles 6:3

  And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 23:13

  The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

Marriage of

• Exodus 6:23

  And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Children of

• Exodus 6:23

  And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• Exodus 6:25

  And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

• 1 Chronicles 6:3

  And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 24:1

  Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 24:2

  But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Descendants of

• Exodus 6:23

  And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• Exodus 6:25

  And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

• 1 Chronicles 6:3–15

  And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, …

• 1 Chronicles 6:50–53

  And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, …

1 Chronicles 24

Meets, Moses in the wilderness and is made spokesman for Moses

• Exodus 4:14–16

  And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

• Exodus 4:27–31

  And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: …

• Exodus 7:1

  And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

• Exodus 7:2

  Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

Inspiration of

• Exodus 12:1

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

• Leviticus 10:8

  And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,

• Leviticus 11:1

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

• Leviticus 13:1

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,

• Leviticus 15:1

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

• Numbers 2:1

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

• Numbers 4:1

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

• Numbers 4:17

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

• Numbers 18:1

  And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

• Numbers 19:1

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

• Numbers 20:12

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Commissioned as a deliverer of Israel

• Exodus 6:13

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

• Exodus 6:26

  These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

• Exodus 6:27

  These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

• Joshua 24:5

  I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

• 1 Samuel 12:8

  When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

• Psalms 77:20

  Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

• Psalms 105:26

  He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

• Micah 6:4

  For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Summoned to Sinai with Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders

• Exodus 19:24

  And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

• Exodus 24:1

  And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

• Exodus 24:9

  Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

• Exodus 24:10

  And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

Priesthood of

• Exodus 28:1

  And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• Exodus 29:9

  And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

• Numbers 18:1

  And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

• Psalms 99:6

  Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

• Hebrews 5:4

  And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

Numbers 17

Consecration of, to the priesthood

Exodus 28, Exodus 29, Leviticus 8

Enters upon the priestly office

Leviticus 9

Descendants of, ordained priests forever

• Exodus 28:40–43

  And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: …

• Exodus 29:9

  And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

• Numbers 3:3

  These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

• Numbers 18:1

  And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

• 1 Chronicles 23:13

  The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

• 2 Chronicles 26:18

  And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.

Judges Israel in the absence of Moses

• Exodus 24:14

  And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

Makes the golden calf

• Acts 7:40

  Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

• Deuteronomy 9:20

  And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

• Deuteronomy 9:21

  And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

Exodus 32

Rod of, buds

• Hebrews 9:4

  Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Numbers 17

Preserved

• Hebrews 9:4

  Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Numbers 17

Murmured against, by the people

• Exodus 5:20

  And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

• Exodus 5:21

  And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

• Exodus 16:2–10

  And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. …

• Numbers 14:2–5

  And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. …

• Numbers 14:10

  But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

• Numbers 16:3–11

  And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. …

• Numbers 16:41

  But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

• Numbers 20:2

  And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

• Psalms 106:16

  They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

Places pot of manna in the ark

• Exodus 16:34

  As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

With Hur supports the hands of Moses during Battle

• Exodus 17:12

  But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

His benedictions upon the people

• Leviticus 9:22

  And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

• Numbers 6:23

  Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

Forbidden to mourn the death of his son, Nadab and Abihu

• Leviticus 10:6

  And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

• Leviticus 10:19

  And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

Intercedes for Miriam

• Numbers 12:11

  And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

• Numbers 12:12

  Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

Stays the plague by priestly intercession

• Numbers 16:46–48

  And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

Jealous of Moses

• Numbers 12:1

  And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

His presumption, when the rock is smitten

• Numbers 20:10–12

  And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Not permitted to enter Canaan

• Numbers 20:12

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

• Numbers 20:23–29

  And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: …

Age of, at death

• Exodus 7:7

  And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

• Numbers 33:38

  And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

• Numbers 33:39

  And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

Death and burial of

• Numbers 20:27

  And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

• Numbers 20:28

  And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

• Deuteronomy 10:6

  And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

• Deuteronomy 32:50

  And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

Character of

• Psalms 106:16

  They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.