Aaron

How Nave’s arranged it

• Lineage ofExodus 6:16–20Joshua 21:4Joshua 21:101 Chronicles 6:21 Chronicles 6:31 Chronicles 23:13
• Marriage ofExodus 6:23
• Children ofExodus 6:23Exodus 6:251 Chronicles 6:31 Chronicles 24:11 Chronicles 24:2
• Descendants ofExodus 6:23Exodus 6:251 Chronicles 6:3–151 Chronicles 6:50–531 Chronicles 24
• Meets, Moses in the wilderness and is made spokesman for MosesExodus 4:14–16Exodus 4:27–31Exodus 7:1Exodus 7:2
• Inspiration ofExodus 12:1Leviticus 10:8Leviticus 11:1Leviticus 13:1Leviticus 15:1Numbers 2:1Numbers 4:1Numbers 4:17Numbers 18:1Numbers 19:1Numbers 20:12
• Commissioned as a deliverer of IsraelExodus 6:13Exodus 6:26Exodus 6:27Joshua 24:51 Samuel 12:8Psalms 77:20Psalms 105:26Micah 6:4
• Summoned to Sinai with Nadab, Abihu, and seventy eldersExodus 19:24Exodus 24:1Exodus 24:9Exodus 24:10
• Priesthood ofExodus 28:1Exodus 29:9Numbers 17Numbers 18:1Psalms 99:6Hebrews 5:4
• Consecration of, to the priesthoodExodus 28Exodus 29Leviticus 8
• Enters upon the priestly officeLeviticus 9
• Descendants of, ordained priests foreverExodus 28:40–43Exodus 29:9Numbers 3:3Numbers 18:11 Chronicles 23:132 Chronicles 26:18

The passages, in Bible order (83)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 4:14–16

   Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

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   “And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses,.... For the objections, excuses, and delays he made with respect to his mission.

   “And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses - Surely this would not have been the case had he only in modesty, and from a deep sense of his own unfitness, desired that the Messiah should be preferred before him. But the whole connection shows that this interpretation is unfounded.

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2. Exodus 4:27–31

   Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

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   “And the Lord said unto Aaron,....

   “The Lord said to Aaron - See Exo 4:14. By some secret but powerful movement on Aaron’s mind, or by some voice or angelic ministry, he was now directed to go and meet his brother Moses; and so correctly was the information given to both, that they arrived at the same time on the sacred mountain.

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3. Exodus 5:20

   When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

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   “In Moses and Aaron the law and the prophets are prefigured. A sick soul often murmurs to itself against the sacred words. After it has begun to hear and follow the heavenly words, the opposition of the Egyptian king—that is, the temptation of an evil …

   “And they met Moses and Aaron,.... The officers of the children of Israel, who had been with their complaints to Pharaoh: who stood in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh; they, had placed themselves in a proper situation, that they might meet them when they came out, and know what success they had, and which they were extremely desirous of hearing; by which they might judge in what temper Pharaoh was, and what they might for the future expect from him in consequence of their embassy.

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4. Exodus 5:21

   “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 5:212 voices

   “And they said unto them, the Lord look upon you and judge,....

   “The Lord look upon you, and judge - These were hasty and unkind expressions; but the afflicted must be allowed the privilege of complaining; it is all the solace that such sorrow can find; and if in such distress words are spoken which should not be justified, yet the considerate and benevolent will hear them with indulgence. God is merciful; and the stroke of this people was heavier even than their groaning. Put a sword in their hand - Given them a pretense which they had not before, to oppress us even unto death.

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5. Exodus 6:13

   Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 6:132 voices

   “And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,....

   “Unto Moses and unto Aaron - The final and formal charge to the two brothers is given, as might be expected, before the plagues are denounced. With this verse begins a new section of the history.

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6. Exodus 6:16–20

   These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

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   “And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations,.... Whose sons, according to the order of their birth, were as follow: Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari; see Gen 46:11, and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty seven years; and exactly the same number of years is assigned him by Polyhistor from Demetrius (c), an Heathen writer.

   “The years of the life of Levi - “Bishop Patrick observes that Levi is thought to have lived the longest of all Jacob’s sons, none of whose ages are recorded in Scripture but his and Joseph’s, whom Levi survived twenty-seven years, though he was much the elder brother. By the common computation this would be twenty-three years: by Kennicott’s computation at the end of Genesis 31. (See Clarke’s note at Gen 31:55) Levi’s birth is placed twenty-four years before that of Joseph; his death, therefore, would be only three years later.

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7. Exodus 6:23

   And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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   “And Aaron took him Elisheba,....

   “Elisheba - The oath of the Lord. It is the same name as Elizabeth, so very common among Christians. She was of the royal tribe of Judah, and was sister to Nahshon, one of the princes; see Num 2:3. Eleazar - He succeeded to the high priesthood on the death of his father Aaron, Num 20:25, etc.

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8. Exodus 6:25

   Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

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   “And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife,.... This was Aaron's eldest son.

   “Phinehas - Of the celebrated act of this person, and the most honorable grant made to him and his posterity, see Num 25:7-13.

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9. Exodus 6:26

   It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”

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   “These are that Aaron and Moses,....

   “According to their armies - צבאתם tsibotham, their battalions - regularly arranged troops. As God had these particularly under his care and direction, he had the name of יהוה צבאות Yehovah tsebaoth, Lord of hosts or armies. “The plain and disinterested manner,” says Dr. Dodd, “in which Moses speaks here of his relations, and the impartiality wherewith he inserts in the list of them such as were afterwards severely punished by the Lord, are striking proofs of his modesty and sincerity.

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10. Exodus 6:27

    Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

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    “These are they which spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... In the name of the Lord of hosts; and demanded the dismission of Israel, in order to bring the children of Israel from Egypt; nor did they desist making application to him, until they had prevailed upon him to let them go: these are that Moses and Aaron; which is repeated, that it may be observed who were the deliverers of Israel, what their names, of what tribe they were, and from whom they descended, and who sprung from them, at least from Aaron.

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11. Exodus 7:1

    The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

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    “Moses again repeats, that consolation was afforded him in his anxiety, and a remedy given for his want of faith; since he was both armed himself with divine authority, and Aaron was appointed as his companion and assistant. For that he was "made a god to Pharaoh," means that he was furnished with supreme authority and power, whereby he should cast down the tyrant's pride.

    “I have made thee a god--"made," that is, set, appointed; "a god"; that is, he was to act in this business as God's representative, to act and speak in His name and to perform things beyond the ordinary course of nature.

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12. Exodus 7:2

    You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.

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    “Thou shalt speak all that I command thee,.... That is, to Aaron his prophet, whatever the Lord made known to him in a private manner as his will to be done: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh; whatsoever should be told him by Moses, as from the Lord: that he send the children of Israel out of his land; this was the principal thing to be insisted upon; and all that was said or done to him was to bring about this end, the dismission of the children of Israel out of Egypt.

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13. Exodus 7:7

    Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

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    “On the same basis, you would not be able to point to anyone of the past generations approaching a pregnant woman in the pages of Scripture. Only later, after the birth and weaning of the child, would you again find the wives in physical relations with their husbands. You will find that Moses' father observed this point. He left a three-year gap after Aaron's birth before fathering Moses.

    “Moses was fourscore years old - He was forty years old when he went to Midian, and he had tarried forty years in Midian; (see Exo 2:11, and Act 7:30); and from this verse it appears that Aaron was three years older than Moses. We have already seen that Miriam their sister was older than either, Exo 2:4.

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14. Exodus 12:1

    Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

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    “And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,....

    “This chapter was written some time after the Exodus, probably when Moses put together the portions of the book toward the end of his life. The statements that these instructions were given in the land of Egypt, and that they were given to Moses and Aaron, are important: the one marks the special dignity of this ordinance, which was established before the Sinaitic code; the other marks the distinction between Moses and Aaron and all other prophets. They alone were prophets of the law, i. e. no law was promulgated by any other prophets.

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15. Exodus 16:2–10

    And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

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    “But this is too common with the wicked, (because they do not trust that God is reconciled to them,) to neglect prayer, and to cry out in confusion, to utter their curses, and to rush, like mad dogs, furiously here and there. This was the case of the Israelites in the wilderness of Sin.

    “And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured,....

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16. Exodus 16:34

    And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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    “As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the testimony, to be kept. That is, before the ark of the testimony; when that was made, as it was in a little time after this, called the testimony, because it contained in it the law, which was a testimony or testification of the mind and will of God unto Israel, see Exo 25:16 the apostle says, the pot of manna was in the ark, Heb 9:4 that is, on one side of it; see Gill on Heb 9:4.

    “Laid it up before the testimony - The עדות eduth or testimony belonged properly to the tabernacle, but that was not yet built. Some are of opinion that the tabernacle, built under the direction of Moses, was only a renewal of one that had existed in the patriarchal times. See Clarke’s note on Exo 16:9. The word signifies reference to something beyond itself; thus the tabernacle, the manna, the tables of stone, Aaron’s rod, etc., all bore reference and testimony to that spiritual good which was yet to come, viz., Jesus Christ and his salvation.

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