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Aaron and Moses
How Aaron and Moses are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Aaron and Moses were siblings.
Aaron was Moses' elder brother. The Lord named him as Moses' spokesman and sent him into the wilderness to meet Moses, and he met him at the mount of God and kissed him.
Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother?
Exodus 4:14, King James Version
he shall be thy spokesman unto the people
Exodus 4:16, King James Version
Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old
Exodus 7:7, King James Version
Where they cross: Exodus 4:27-30
Aaron and Moses stood together.
Moses and Aaron went in together to Pharaoh, with Aaron as Moses' prophet. In the battle with Amalek, Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands until the going down of the sun.
Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh
Exodus 5:1, King James Version
Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet
Exodus 7:1, King James Version
Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands
Exodus 17:12, King James Version
Where they cross: Exodus 17:10-12
Moses confronted Aaron.
Moses came down from the mount to find the golden calf Aaron had made, and called his brother to account for bringing "so great a sin" upon the people.
after he had made it a molten calf
Exodus 32:4, King James Version
that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them
Exodus 32:21, King James Version
Where they cross: Exodus 32:21-25
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Exodus 4:14
14And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
Exodus 4:16
16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
Exodus 4:27-30
27And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
30And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
Exodus 5:1
1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Exodus 7:1
1And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Exodus 7:7
7And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Exodus 17:10-12
10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Exodus 32:4
4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 32:21-25
21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
22And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
23For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
25And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
King James Version