person

Aaron

אַהֲרֹןἈαρών

Aaron was Moses' older brother and served as the first high priest of Israel.

IllustrationNumbers 16Aaron carries incense between those killed by the plague and the Israelites who remain alive.
verses
333
first named
Exodus 4:14
last named
Hebrews 9:4
period
Egypt and Wilderness
tribe
Levi

Description

Who was Aaron?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Aaron was the older brother of Moses and Miriam, from the tribe of Levi. God appointed Aaron to be Moses' spokesman when Moses was called to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Aaron performed signs before Pharaoh, including turning his staff into a snake. He assisted Moses during the Exodus, including holding up Moses' arms during the battle against the Amalekites.

God chose Aaron and his descendants to serve as priests for the Israelites. Aaron was consecrated as the first high priest and wore special priestly garments. He was responsible for offering sacrifices, burning incense, and performing other priestly duties in the tabernacle. Aaron also played a role in several significant events, such as the golden calf incident and the rebellion of Korah.

Aaron married Elisheba, and they had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord. Aaron died at the age of 123 on Mount Hor, and his son Eleazar succeeded him as high priest. Despite his flaws, Aaron was a key figure in Israel's history and played a crucial role in establishing the priesthood.

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Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

How the graph connects Aaron10 of 71 entities the graph connects to Aaron, in 3 groups: kinship 3, company 1, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.MosesSibling of · 166 events · 786 versesLeviAncestor of · 8 events · 329 versesEleazarFather of · 7 events · 61 versesKinshipIsraelite JourneysTook part in · 45 versesCompanyIsrael40 events · 2,578 versesLORD10 events · 1,004 versesEgypt7 events · 649 versesPharaoh26 events · 111 versesClan6 events · 107 versesFamily6 events · 68 versesEventsAaron

The 10 best-attested of 71 are drawn. All 71 are listed below.

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and 88 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Where the story of Aaron happensThe 24 best-attested of 50 places the claims about Aaron reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Hor_Mount, Egypt, Sin, Elim, Etham, Kadesh, Abronah, Alush, Bene-jaakan, Diblathaim, Dibon, Dophkah, Ezion-geber, Haradah, Hashmonah, Hazeroth, Hor-haggidgad, Jotbathah, Kehelathah, Kibroth-hattaavah, Libnah, Makheloth, Marah, Mithkah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Aaron there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Hor_MountEgyptSinElimEthamKadeshAbronahAlushBene-jaakanDiblathaimDibonEzion-geberHazerothLibnahMarah
Egypt and WildernessThe 24 best-attested of 50 places the claims about Aaron reach

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 333, across 16 books. The name is written 352 times in them.

  1. Exodus109 verses

    4:144:274:284:294:305:15:45:206:136:206:236:256:266:277:17:27:67:77:87:97:107:127:197:208:58:68:88:128:168:178:259:89:2710:310:810:1611:1012:112:2812:3112:4312:5015:2016:216:616:916:1016:3316:3417:1017:1218:1219:2424:124:924:1427:2128:128:228:328:428:1228:2928:3028:3528:3828:4028:4128:4329:429:529:929:1029:1529:1929:2029:2129:2429:2629:2729:2829:2929:3229:3529:4430:730:830:1030:1930:3031:1032:132:232:332:532:2132:2232:2532:3534:3034:3135:1938:2139:139:2739:4140:1240:1340:31

  2. Leviticus77 verses

    1:51:71:81:112:22:32:103:23:53:83:136:96:146:166:186:206:257:107:317:337:347:358:28:68:128:138:148:188:228:238:248:278:308:318:369:19:29:79:89:99:129:189:219:229:2310:110:310:410:610:810:1210:1610:1911:113:113:214:3315:116:116:216:316:616:816:916:1116:2116:2317:221:121:1721:2121:2422:222:422:1824:324:9

  3. Numbers97 verses

    1:31:171:442:13:13:23:33:43:63:93:103:323:383:393:483:514:14:54:154:164:174:194:274:284:334:344:374:414:454:466:237:88:28:38:118:138:198:208:218:229:610:812:112:412:512:1012:1113:2614:214:514:2615:3316:316:1116:1616:1716:1816:2016:3716:4016:4116:4216:4316:4616:4716:5017:317:617:817:1018:118:818:2018:2819:120:220:620:820:1020:1220:2320:2420:2520:2620:2820:2925:725:1126:126:926:5926:6026:6427:1333:133:3833:39

  4. Deuteronomy3 verses

    9:2010:632:50

  5. Joshua6 verses

    21:421:1021:1321:1924:524:33

  6. Judges1 verse

    20:28

  7. 1 Samuel2 verses

    12:612:8

  8. 1 Chronicles14 verses

    6:36:496:506:546:5712:2715:423:1323:2823:3224:124:1924:3127:17

  9. 2 Chronicles6 verses

    13:913:1026:1829:2131:1935:14

  10. Ezra1 verse

    7:5

  11. Nehemiah2 verses

    10:3812:47

  12. Psalms9 verses

    77:2099:6105:26106:16115:10115:12118:3133:2135:19

  13. Micah1 verse

    6:4

  14. Luke1 verse

    1:5

  15. Acts1 verse

    7:40

  16. Hebrews3 verses

    5:47:119:4

Onward

Where this page goes

Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

via Aaron’s atonement of Addressee, Most Holy Place, Tent Of Meeting, Altar, Priests, and People Of The Assembly and Israel’s death of Aaron, and 16 moreIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Addressee, Moses, and Aaron’s census of Gershonites and Moses, Aaron, and Leaders Of Congregation’s census of Man, and 4 moreClanClan is a concept gathering 122 labelled instances in the text.via Addressee, Moses, and Aaron’s census of Gershonites and Moses, Aaron, and Leaders Of Congregation’s census of Man, and 4 moreFamilyFamily is a concept gathering 39 labelled instances in the text.via Death of Aaron and Israel’s death of Aaron, and 2 moreHor MountMountain where Aaron died and was buriedvia Aaron’s sacrifice of Goat For Lord and Aaron’s sacrifice of Peoples Offering, Male Goat, Ox, and Peace Offering Ram, and 1 moreSacrificeSacrifice is a concept gathering 103 labelled instances in the text.via Moses’ bringing of Sons Of Aaron and Moses, Aaron, and Eleazar’s bringing of Aaron and Eleazar, and 1 moreBringingBringing is a concept gathering 447 labelled instances in the text.via Addressee, Moses, and Aaron’s census of Gershonites and Moses, Aaron, and Leaders Of Congregation’s census of Man, and 2 moreCensusCensus is a concept gathering 11 labelled instances in the text.via Gershonites’ service and Levite Duties, and 1 moreServiceService is a concept gathering 37 labelled instances in the text.via Assignment of Tribe Of Levi and Moses’ presentation of Aaron and Sons Of Aaron, and 1 morePresentationPresentation is a concept gathering 76 labelled instances in the text.

Where they appear

Chapter by chapter

Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

61 more chapters, from Exodus 12 to Hebrews 5

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