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Aaron

Also known as Aaron (Old Testament character)

According to the Old Testament of the Bible, Aaron ( or ) was an Israelite prophet, high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament (Luke, Acts, and Hebrews), and the Quran.

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Aaron was an Israelite religious leader who, according to the Bible and Quran, served as a prophet and high priest and was the elder brother of Moses. He is known today primarily through religious texts, including the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran, which are the only sources of information about him.

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Religious biography.image: El sumo sacerdote Aarón (Museo del Prado) (cropped).jpg
Religious biography.name: Aaron
Religious biography.image_size: 250px
Religious biography.caption: The High Priest Aaron by Joan de Joanes,
Religious biography.religion: Abrahamic religions
Religious biography.spouse: Elisheba
Religious biography.birth_place: Goshen, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt
Religious biography.death_place: Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, Transjordan, or Moseroth, near Edom (aged 123 in Jewish traditions)
Religious biography.native_name_lang: hbo
Saint.venerated_in: JudaismChristianityIslamSamaritanismBaháʼí FaithMormonismRastafari
Religious biography.nationality: IsraeliteEgyptian
Religious biography.honorific prefix: High Priest
Saint.child: yes
Saint.feast_day: Latin Church: July 1The Sunday before Nativity (Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Old Testament) (Eastern Orthodox Church)Maronite Church: September 4

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Gender: male
Place of birth: Ancient Egypt
Place of death: Mount Haroun
Spouse: Elisheba
Child: Abihu
Father: Amram
Mother: Jochebed
Sibling: Moses
Occupation: prophet
Position held: High Priest of Israel
Languages spoken: Canaanite
Notable work: golden calf
Image: DD Frauenkirche Aaron.jpg
Said to be same as: Harun

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Commons category: Aaron (Biblical figure)
topic's main category: Category:Aaron
relative: Kohath
present in work: Deuteronomy
date of birth: 1529-00-00
date of death: 1406-00-00
place of burial: Mount Hor
P6482: Aaron
feast day: July 1
different from: Aaron
ethnic group: Israelites
manner of death: natural causes
P8168: Kristian Tettli Rennemo
P12749: Diplodocoidea
owner of: Aaron's rod
not found in: Pauly–Wissowa

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Biblical narrative
High Priest
Conflicts
Death
Descendants
Family tree
Historicity
In religious traditions
Jewish rabbinic literature
Christianity
Mormonism
{{anchor|Harun}} Islam
Baháʼí Faith
In art
See also
Notes
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References
Further reading
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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. 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. Levitical priests or kohanim are traditionally believed and halakhically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from Aaron.

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