AARON (2)

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2. Aaron

a) Afterwards, when camped in front of Mt. Sinai, and when Moses at the command of God ascended the mountain to receive the ten commandments, Aaron and his two sons, Nadab and Abihu, along with seventy of the elders of Israel, were permitted to accompany him part of the way, and to behold, from far away, the manifestation of the glory of Israel’s God (Exodus 19:24; 24:9-11).

b) While Moses remained on the mountain with God, Aaron returned to the people; and yielded (through fear, or ignorance, or instability of character), to their demands. He made a golden calf and set it up as an object of worship (Exodus 32:4; Psalms 106:19). When Moses returned to the camp, Aaron was sternly rebuked by him for his part in this matter; but Moses interceded for him before God, who forgave his sin (Deuteronomy 9:20).

c) On the mount, Moses received instructions on the system of worship which was to be set up among the people. Therefore, Aaron and his sons were consecrated to the priest’s office (Leviticus 8-9). Aaron was made high priest.

d) When Israel had reached Hazeroth, in “the wilderness of Paran,” Aaron joined with his sister Miriam in murmuring against Moses, “because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married,” probably after the death of Zipporah. But the Lord vindicated his servant Moses, and punished Miriam with leprosy (Numbers 12). Aaron acknowledged his own and his sister’s guilt, and due to the intercession of Moses, God forgave them.

e) Twenty years after this, when the children of Israel were encamped in the wilderness of Paran, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram conspired against Aaron and his sons; but a fearful judgment from God fell upon them, and they were destroyed. The next day thousands of the people also perished from a terrible disease, the ravages of which were stopped by the intercession of Aaron (Numbers 16).