Aaron
brother of Moses (EXO 4:14) and Levitical priest (EXO 28:1)
PersonTribe of Levimale327 verses
Names
- Aaron — אַהֲרֹ֤ן aharon (H175) · Ααρων Aarōn — Exodus 4:14
Family
- father of Nadab (son of Aaron, died for offering strange fire…) (inferred)
- father of Abihu (inferred)
- father of Eleazar (son of Aaron) (inferred)
- father of Ithamar (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Hilkiah (the high priest of King Josiah's reign) (inferred)
- ancestor of Seraiah (the chief priest who was killed by the king…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Zephaniah (the second-in-charge priest who was killed by…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jedaiah (priest, of the house of Jeshua) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jehoiarib (priest, Joiarib in NEH 12:6) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jachin (priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Malchijah (father of Pashhur, stood on Ezra's left hand…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Immer (father of Meshillemith, priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Elishama (priest sent by Jehoshaphat) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jehoram (priest sent by Jehoshaphat) (inferred)
- ancestor of Harim (his sons (descendants) returned to Judah…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jozadak (inferred)
- ancestor of Jozadak (inferred)
- ancestor of Jarib (inferred)
- ancestor of Uriah (the priest, father of Meremoth) (inferred)
- ancestor of Gedaliah (priest who had married a foreign wife) (inferred)
- ancestor of Eliashib (the high priest with Nehemiah during the…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Zedekiah (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Seraiah (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jeremiah (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Hattush (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Obadiah (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Baruch (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Mijamin (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Maaziah (Aaronic priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Bilgai (inferred)
- ancestor of Joiarib (priest, father of Jedaiah) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jachin (priest who lived in Jerusalem) (inferred)
- ancestor of Ahitub (leader of the house of God) (inferred)
- ancestor of Haggedolim (inferred)
- ancestor of Shecaniah (among the priests who came up with Zerubbabel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Rehum (among the priests who came up with Zerubbabel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Iddo ([grand] father of Zechariah the prophet) (inferred)
- ancestor of Bilgah (among the priests who came up with Zerubbabel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Sallu (among the priests who came up with Zerubbabel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Amok (inferred)
- ancestor of Miniamin (ancestor of Piltai) (inferred)
- ancestor of Moadiah (inferred)
- ancestor of Sallai (father of Kallai) (inferred)
- ancestor of Eliakim (priest with a trumpet) (inferred)
- ancestor of Maaseiah (priest with a trumpet) (inferred)
- ancestor of Miniamin (priest with a trumpet) (inferred)
- ancestor of Micaiah (priest with a trumpet) (inferred)
- ancestor of Elioenai (priest with a trumpet) (inferred)
- ancestor of Shelemiah (priest appointed by Nehemiah) (inferred)
- ancestor of Shemaiah (the Nehelamite who prophesied a lie) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jehoiada (the priest replaced by Shemaiah the Nehelamite) (inferred)
- ancestor of Jehozadak (father of Joshua the high priest) (inferred)
- ancestor of Caiaphas (inferred)
- ancestor of Elizabeth (inferred)
- ancestor of John (a man of high-priestly descent) (inferred)
- ancestor of Alexander (a man of high-priestly descent) (inferred)
Marriage
- husband of Elisheba (inferred)
Siblings
- brother of Moses
- brother of Miriam (sister of Moses) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Aaron — 2,432 AH · 1,574 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Exodus 7:7
- Death of Aaron — 2,555 AH · 1,452 BC (Ussher) · aged 123 — Numbers 33:39
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Birthplace
- Egypt — Birth of Aaron
Place of death
- Mount Hor 1 — Death of Aaron (Numbers 33:39)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Holy Place 1 — 9 shared verses
- Hebron — 2 shared verses
- Libnah 1 — 2 shared verses
- Wilderness of Sinai — 2 shared verses
- Amalek — 1 shared verse
- Azazel — 1 shared verse
- Beeroth Bene-jaakan — 1 shared verse
- Edom — 1 shared verse
- Eshtemoa — 1 shared verse
- Gibeah 3 — 1 shared verse
- Hazeroth — 1 shared verse
- Jattir — 1 shared verse
and 8 further places named alongside this person.
Appearances
- Exodus 4:14
- Exodus 4:27
- Exodus 4:28
- Exodus 4:29
- Exodus 4:30
- Exodus 5:1
- Exodus 5:4
- Exodus 5:20
- Exodus 6:13
- Exodus 6:20
- Exodus 6:23
- Exodus 6:25
and 315 further references.
Topical references
- Lineage of — Exodus 6:16; Joshua 21:4; Joshua 21:10; 1 Chronicles 6:2; 1 Chronicles 6:3; 1 Chronicles 23:13
- Marriage of — Exodus 6:23
- Children of — Exodus 6:23; Exodus 6:25; 1 Chronicles 6:3; 1 Chronicles 24:1; 1 Chronicles 24:2
- Descendants of — Exodus 6:23; Exodus 6:25; 1 Chronicles 6:3; 1 Chronicles 6:50; 1 Chronicles 24
- Meets, Moses in the wilderness and is made spokesman for Moses — Exodus 4:14; Exodus 4:27; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 7:2
- Inspiration of — Exodus 12:1; Leviticus 10:8; Leviticus 11:1; Leviticus 13:1; Leviticus 15:1; Numbers 2:1; Numbers 4:1; Numbers 4:17; Numbers 18:1; Numbers 19:1; Numbers 20:12
- Commissioned as a deliverer of Israel — Exodus 6:13; Exodus 6:26; Exodus 6:27; Joshua 24:5; 1 Samuel 12:8; Psalms 77:20; Psalms 105:26; Micah 6:4
- Summoned to Sinai with Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders — Exodus 19:24; Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:9; Exodus 24:10
- Priesthood of — Exodus 28:1; Exodus 29:9; Numbers 17; Numbers 18:1; Psalms 99:6; Hebrews 5:4
- 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; Exodus 29:9; Numbers 3:3; Numbers 18:1; 1 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 26:18
- Judges Israel in the absence of Moses — Exodus 24:14
- Makes the golden calf — Exodus 32; Acts 7:40; Deuteronomy 9:20; Deuteronomy 9:21
- Rod of, buds — Numbers 17; Hebrews 9:4
- Preserved — Numbers 17; Hebrews 9:4
- Murmured against, by the people — Exodus 5:20; Exodus 5:21; Exodus 16:2; Numbers 14:2; Numbers 14:10; Numbers 16:3; Numbers 16:41; Numbers 20:2; Psalms 106:16
- Places pot of manna in the ark — Exodus 16:34
- With Hur supports the hands of Moses during Battle — Exodus 17:12
- His benedictions upon the people — Leviticus 9:22; Numbers 6:23
- Forbidden to mourn the death of his son, Nadab and Abihu — Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 10:19
- Intercedes for Miriam — Numbers 12:11; Numbers 12:12
- Stays the plague by priestly intercession — Numbers 16:46
- Jealous of Moses — Numbers 12:1
- His presumption, when the rock is smitten — Numbers 20:10
- Not permitted to enter Canaan — Numbers 20:12; Numbers 20:23
- Age of, at death — Exodus 7:7; Numbers 33:38; Numbers 33:39
- Death and burial of — Numbers 20:27; Numbers 20:28; Deuteronomy 10:6; Deuteronomy 32:50
- Character of — Psalms 106:16
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.