- Exodus 2:1-2 – The birth of Aaron: “Now a man of the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.”
- Exodus 6:20 – Aaron’s appointment to be Moses’ spokesman: “Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.”
- Exodus 7:1 – Aaron appointed as Moses’ assistant: “And the Lord said to Moses, ‘See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.’”
- Exodus 15:20 – Miriam, Aaron, and Moses sing a song of praise: “Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.”
- Exodus 16:36 – Aaron’s staff is a sign of God’s favor: “Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. And when the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it?’ For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, ‘It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.’”
- Exodus 28:1 – Aaron’s appointment as high priest: “Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.”
- Leviticus 10:1-2 – Aaron’s sons’ mistake: “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.”
- Leviticus 16:3-4 – Aaron‘s role in the Day of Atonement: “Thus Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments.”
- Numbers 12:1-2 – Aaron and Miriam criticize Moses: “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, ‘Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?’ And the Lord heard it.”
- Numbers 16:1-2 – Korah’s rebellion against Aaron: “Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men. And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men.”
- Numbers 17:8 – Aaron’s staff as a sign of God’s favor: “On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.”
- Deuteronomy 10:6 – Moses commissions Aaron and his sons: “And the Lord said to me, ‘Put them in your bosom, and I will give you the charge of them.’ So I put the staff of God in my bosom.”
- Deuteronomy 31:7 – Moses commissions Aaron and his sons: “Then Moses called Aaron and his sons and said to them, ‘Take the grain offering that is left over from the Lord’s food offerings, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.’”
- Joshua 3:3 – Aaron and Hur help Moses: “And commanded the people, saying, ‘When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.’”
- Joshua 8:33 – Aaron and Hur help Moses: “And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal.”
- Judges 4:4 – Deborah and Aaron help Moses: “Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.”
- 1 Chronicles 12:27 – Aaron and Hur help Moses: “And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were 3,700, and Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and 22 officers from the house of David.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:11 – Aaron and Hur help Moses: “Then they sacrificed the burnt offering and offered the peace offerings, and all the people bowed down and worshiped.”
- Nehemiah 8:2 – Aaron and Hur support Moses: “And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.”
- Psalm 99:6 – Aaron, the brother of Moses, is praised: “Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called upon his name. They called to the Lord, and he answered them.”
- Isaiah 63:11 – Aaron, the brother of Moses, is praised: “Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people. Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put in the midst of them his Holy Spirit,”
- Malachi 2:4-5 – Aaron’s priesthood is restored: “And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.”
- Matthew 17:1-3 – Jesus is transfigured with Moses and Aaron: “And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.”
- Mark 12:26 – Jesus is transfigured with Moses and Aaron: “And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?”
- John 9:28 – Jesus healed a man with clay made in the likeness of Aaron: “Then they reviled him, saying, ‘You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’”
- Acts 7:37-38 – Stephen speaks of Moses and Aaron: “This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.’ This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.”
- Acts 7:40 – Stephen speaks of Moses and Aaron: “Saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’”
- Hebrews 5:4-5 – Aaron is an example of a high priest: “And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you”
- Hebrews 9:4 – Aaron’s work as a high priest: “Having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.”
- Hebrews 11:23-24 – Aaron is commended for his faith: “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.”
Aaron: Bible Verses about Aaron
