Aaron, spokesman for Moses

Aaron’s genealogy and family

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Aaron was spokesman for Moses in Egypt

His call

Exodus 4:14–16 KJV 1900

And 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. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. And 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.

The brothers meet and confront Pharaoh

Exodus 5:1 KJV 1900

And 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.

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The command to lead the Israelites out of Egypt

Exodus 6:13 KJV 1900

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Aaron’s staff

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Pharaoh’s hardness of heart

Exodus 11:10 KJV 1900

And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Subsequent events in Aaron’s life

The Lord’s instructions for the Passover

Exodus 12:43 KJV 1900

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

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The Israelites grumble against Moses and Aaron

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Aaron’s authority vindicated

Numbers 17:8 KJV 1900

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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The Lord prevents Aaron and Moses from entering the promised land

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Aaron commemorates the Lord’s provision of manna

Exodus 16:33 KJV 1900

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.

The meeting of Aaron and Jethro

Exodus 18:12 KJV 1900

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.

Aaron as census-taker

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Aaron as prayer partner

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Aaron’s jealousy and subsequent repentance

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Aaron makes the people a golden calf

Exodus 32:4 KJV 1900

And 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.

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Moses rebukes him

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Rebellion against Moses and Aaron

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The death of Aaron

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