Aaron

This article is about the biblical figure. For other uses, see Aaron (disambiguation).

Aaron
Portrait painting of Aaron by Joan de Joanes, c. 1545 – c. 1550
Aaron
Venerated inJudaism
Christianity
Islam
Samaritanism
Baháʼí Faith
Mormonism
FeastLatin Church: July 1
The Sunday before Nativity (Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Old Testament) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Maronite Church: September 4
TitleProphet, High Priest
Personal
Parents
Relatives

According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron[note 1] (/ˈɛərən/ AIR-ən or /ˈærən/ ARR-ən)[2] was a Jewish prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament (Luke, Acts, and Hebrews),[9][10][11] and the Quran.

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 northeastern region of the Nile Delta. When Moses first confronted the Egyptian king about the enslavement of the Israelites, Aaron served as his brother's spokesman to the Pharaoh (Exodus 7:1). 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.[12] Levitical priests or kohanim are traditionally believed and halakhically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from Aaron.[13]

According to the Book of Numbers, Aaron died at 123 years of age, on Mount Hor, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.[14] Deuteronomy, however, places these events at Moseroth.[15][16]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Olson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 9781405881180.
  3. ^ Ibn Hisham 1967, p. 604; §=897
  4. ^ Exodus 6:16-20, 7:7
  5. ^ Quran 7:103-156
  6. ^ Quran 19:41-53
  7. ^ Quran 20:9-98
  8. ^ Quran 28:34
  9. ^ (Luke 1:5
  10. ^ Acts 7:40
  11. ^ Hebrews 5:4, 7:11, 9:4)
  12. ^ Rockwood 2007, p. 1
  13. ^ Mark Leuchter, Mark Leuchter (2021). "How All Kohanim Became Sons of Aaron". TheTorah.com. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  14. ^ Numbers 20:22, 33:38
  15. ^ McCurdy 1906, p. 3
  16. ^ Deuteronomy 10:6


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