Birth: Numbers 26:59,
1 Chronicles 6:3
Death: Numbers 20:28,
Numbers 33:38-39, Deuteronomy 10:6
at Moserah near Mount Hor after living 123 years
Father: Amram
Mother/Aunt: Jochebed (only mentioned in Exodus 6:20 & Numbers 26:59)
Brother: Moses
Sister: Miriam
Spouse: Elisheba
Sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar
Aaron came from the line of Jacob via Levi who were designated as Israel's priests - 1 Chronicles 6:1-3
Post-Flood lineage: Abraham > Isaac > Jacob > Levi > Kohath > Amram > Aaron
Aaron & Moses urge Pharaoh to release the Israelite slaves - Exodus 6:13-27;
7; 8;
9; 10;
11.
The Exodus of the Israelites - Exodus 12; 13;
14.
Moses and Aaron take the first census in the Sinai Desert to determine how many males were old enough to serve in their military -
Numbers 1.
Aaron's sons continue the Levite priesthood - Exodus 29;
Leviticus 8; Numbers 18.
Sons, Nadab and Abihu, die by fire - Leviticus 10:1-2.
Aaron's staff buds blossoms and almonds as a divine approval of his leadership over the Israelites -
Numbers 17.
Numbers 20:23-29:
23. At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
24. "Aaron will be gathered to his people. He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.
25. Get Aaron and his son Eleazar and take them up Mount Hor.
26. Remove Aaron's garments and put them on his son Eleazar, for Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will die there."
27. Moses did as the LORD commanded: They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.
28. Moses removed Aaron's garments and put them on his son Eleazar. And Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain,
29. and when the whole community learned that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
