:''This article is about Aaron in the [[Hebrew Bible]], the [[Qu'ran]], and other sources. For other uses of the word Aaron, see [[Aaron (disambiguation)]].''

[[Image:GoldCalf.jpg|thumb|350px|right|''The Adoration of the Golden Calf'' by [[Nicolas Poussin]]]]

'''Aaron''' ({{Hebrew Name|אַהֲרֹן|Aharon|Ahărōn}}), or Aaron the Levite (flourished about [[1200s BC|1200 BC]]), was, according to [[biblical]] accounts, one of two brothers who play a unique part in the history of the [[Hebrew people]]. He was the elder son of [[Amram]] and [[Jochebed]] of the tribe of [[Levi]];<ref name="jb">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=A&search=aaron#0]</ref> [[Moses]], the other son, being three years younger<ref>[[Exodus]] 7:7</ref>, and [[Miriam]], their sister, several years older.<ref>[[Exodus]] 2:4; Exodus 6:16 ff.; [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 33:39</ref><ref name="jb"/> Aaron was the great-grandson of Levi<ref>Exodus 6:16-20</ref> and represented the priestly functions of his tribe,<ref name="jb"/> becoming the first [[High priest|High Priest]] of the Hebrews. While Moses was receiving his education at the Egyptian royal court and during his exile among the [[Midianites]], Aaron and his sister remained with their kinsmen in the eastern border-land of [[Egypt]].<ref name="jb"/> Here he gained a name for eloquent and persuasive speech; so that when the time came for the demand upon the [[Pharaoh]] to release Israel from captivity, Aaron became his brother’s ''nabi '', or spokesman, to his own people<ref>Exodus 4:16</ref> and, after their unwillingness to hear, to the Pharaoh himself.<ref>Exodus 7:9</ref><ref name="jb"/>

===Etymology===
The meaning of the name "Aaron" is unclear. Possible meanings are:
#Pregnancy - In Hebrew - '''הריון'''. In Ancient Egyptian '''herr''' is to conceive and '''hrara''' is conception. <ref>Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary , Vol. 1, Budge, E. A., Dover publications, New York, P.450</ref>
#From the mountain - In Hebrew '''הר''' - 'HAR', which may refer to place of his death.<ref>Samuel Prideaux Tregelles, Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to [[Old Testament|the Old Testament]] Scriptures, Grand Rapids Michigan:William B. Berdmans Publishing Company, 1976, p. 17</ref>
#High mountain - In Arabic '''هارون''' - 'HAROUN' or 'HARUN'.

===His function===
Aaron’s function included the duties of speaker and implied personal dealings with the Egyptian royal court on behalf of Moses, who was always the central moving figure. The part played by Aaron in the events that preceded the [[Exodus]] was, therefore, ministerial, and not directive. He, along with Moses, performed “signs” before his people which impressed them with a belief in the reality of the divine mission of the brothers.<ref>Exodus 4:15-16</ref> At the command of Moses he stretched out his rod in order to bring on the first three plagues.<ref>Exodus 7:19, 8:1, 12</ref> In the infliction of the remaining plagues he appears to have acted merely as the attendant of Moses, whose outstretched rod drew the divine wrath upon the Pharaoh and his subjects.<ref>Exodus 9:23, 10:13, 22</ref> The potency of Aaron’s rod had already been demonstrated by its victory over the rods of the Egyptian magicians, which it swallowed after all the rods alike had been turned into serpents.<ref>Exodus 7:9 ''et seq.''</ref> During the journey in the wilderness Aaron is not always prominent or active; and he sometimes appears guilty of rebellious or treasonable conduct. At the battle with [[Amalek]] he is chosen with [[Hur]] to support the hand of Moses that held the “rod of [[God]]”.<ref>Exodus 17:9 ''et seq.''</ref> When the revelation was given to Moses at [[Biblical Mount Sinai|Sinai]], he headed the elders of Israel who accompanied Moses on the way to the summit. [[Joshua]], however, was admitted with his leader to the very presence of the Lord, while Aaron and Hur remained below to look after the people.<ref>Exodus 24:9-14</ref> It was during the prolonged absence of Moses that Aaron yielded to the clamors of the people, and made a [[Golden Calf|golden calf]] as a visible image of the divinity who had delivered them from Egypt.<ref>Exodus 32:1-6</ref> (It should be noted that in the account given of the same events, in the Qur'an, Aaron is not the idol-maker and upon Moses' return begged his pardon as he had felt mortally threatened by the [[Israelites]] <ref>[[Quran]] 7:142-152</ref>.) At the intercession of Moses, Aaron was saved from the plague which smote the people ([[Deuteronomy]] 9:20; Exodus 32:35), although it was to Aaron’s tribe of Levi that the work of punitive vengeance was committed<ref>Exodus 32:26 ''et seq.''</ref>

==Becomes priest of Israel==
[[Image:Aaron high priest.jpg|thumb|right|18th Century Dutch oak statue portraying the high priest]]
At the time when the tribe of Levi was set apart for the priestly service, Aaron was anointed and consecrated to the priesthood, arrayed in the robes of his office, and instructed in its manifold duties (Exodus 28 and 29).<ref>{{Bibleref|Exodus|28|KJV}}</ref><ref>{{Bibleref|Exodus|29|KJV}}</ref> On the very day of his consecration his sons, [[Nadab]] and [[Abihu]], were consumed by fire from the Lord for having offered incense in an unlawful manner ([[Leviticus]] 10).<ref>{{Bibleref|Leviticus|10|KJV}}</ref>

==Priesthood==
All scholars, admit that in Aaron's High Priesthood the sacred writer intended to describe a model, the prototype, so to say, of the Jewish High Priest.<ref name="phod">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm]</ref> God, on [[Mount Sinai]], instituting a worship, and also instituted an order of priests.<ref name="phod"/> According to the patriarchal customs, the [[First Born|first born]] son in every family used to perform the functions connected with God's worship.<ref name="phod"/> It might have been expected, consequently, that Rueben's family would be chosen by God for the ministry of the new altar.<ref name="phod"/> However, according to the biblical narrative, it was Aaron, however, who was the object of God's choice.<ref name="phod"/> To what jealousies this gave rise later, has been indicated above.<ref name="phod"/> The office of the Aaronites was at first merely to take care of the lamp that should ever burn before the veil of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:21).<ref name="phod"/> A more formal calling soon followed (Exodus 28:1).<ref name="phod"/> Aaron and his sons, distinguished from the [[Common People|common people]] by their sacred functions, were likewise to receive holy vestments suitable to their office.<ref name="phod"/>

Aaron offered the different sacrifices and performed the many ceremonies of the consecration of the new priests, according to the divine instructions (Exodus 29), and repeated these rites for seven days, during which Aaron and his sons were entirely separated from the rest of the people.<ref name="phod"/> When, on [[The Eighth Day|the eighth day]], the High Priest had inaugurated his office of sacrificer by killing the animals, he blessed the people, very likely according to the prescriptions of Num., vi, 24-26, and, with Moses, entered into the tabernacle so as to take possession thereof.<ref name="phod"/> As they "came forth and blessed the people. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the multitude: And behold a fire, coming forth from the Lord, devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which when the multitude saw, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces" (Leviticus 9:23, 24).<ref name="phod"/> So was the institution of the Aaronic priesthood inaugurated and solemnly ratified by the Lord.<ref name="phod"/>

==Rebellion of Korah==
From the time of the sojourn at Mount Sinai, where he became the anointed priest of Israel, Aaron ceased to be the minister of Moses, his place being taken by Joshua. He is mentioned in association with Miriam in a jealous complaint against the exclusive claims of Moses as the Lord’s prophet. The presumption of the murmurers was rebuked, and Miriam was smitten with [[tzara'as]]. Aaron entreated Moses to intercede for her, at the same time confessing the sin and folly that prompted the uprising. Aaron himself was not struck with the plague on account of sacerdotal immunity; and Miriam, after seven days’ quarantine, was healed and restored to favor.<ref>Numbers 12</ref> It is noteworthy that [[Micah (prophet)|Micah]]<ref>Micah (6:4)</ref>, a prophet in [[Judaism]], mentions Moses, Aaron, and Miriam as the leaders of Israel after the Exodus (a judgment wholly in accord with the tenor of the narratives). In the present instance it is made clear by the express words of the oracle<ref>Numbers 12:6-8</ref> that Moses was unique among men as the one with whom the Lord spoke face to face. The failure to recognize or concede this prerogative of their brother was the sin of Miriam and Aaron. The validity of the exclusive priesthood of the family of Aaron was attested after the ill-fated rebellion of [[Korah]], who was a first cousin of Aaron. When the earth had opened and swallowed up the leaders of the insurgents,<ref>Numbers 16:25-35</ref> [[Eleazar]], the son of Aaron, was commissioned to take charge of the censers of the dead priests. And when the plague had broken out among the people who had sympathized with the rebels, Aaron, at the command of Moses, took his censer and stood between the living and the dead till the plague was stayed.<ref>Numbers 17:1-15, 16:36-50, Authorized Version</ref> Another memorable transaction followed. Each of the tribal princes of Israel took a rod and wrote his name upon it, and the twelve rods were laid up over night in the tent of meeting. On the morrow Aaron’s rod was found to have budded and blossomed and borne ripe almonds.<ref>Numbers 17:8; see [[Aaron’s Rod]]</ref> The miracle proved merely the prerogative of the tribe of Levi; but now a formal distinction was made in perpetuity between the family of Aaron and the other [[Levites]]. While all the Levites (and only Levites) were to be devoted to sacred services, the special charge of the sanctuary and the altar was committed to the [[Kohen|Aaronites]] alone<ref>Numbers 18:1-7</ref> The scene of this enactment is unknown, nor is the time mentioned.

==Death==
Aaron, like Moses, was not permitted to enter Canaan with the others.<ref name="jd">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=A&search=aaron#18]</ref> The reason alleged is that the two brothers showed impatience at Meribah (Kadesh) in the last year of the desert pilgrimage (Num. xx. 12, 13), when they, or rather Moses, brought water out of a rock to quench the thirst of the people.<ref name="jd"/> The action was construed as displaying a want of deference to the Lord, since they had been commanded to speak to the rock, whereas Moses struck it with the wonder-working rod (Num. xx. 7-11).<ref name="jd"/> Of the death of Aaron we have two accounts.<ref name="jd"/> The principal one gives a detailed statement to the effect that, soon after the above incident, Aaron, with his son Eleazar and Moses, ascended Mount Hor.<ref name="jd"/> There Moses stripped him (Aaron) of his priestly garments, and transferred them to Eleazar.<ref name="jd"/> Aaron died on the summit of the mountain, and the people mourned for him thirty days (Num. xx. 22-29; compare xxxiii. 38, 39).<ref name="jd"/> The other account is found in Deut. x. 6, where Moses is reported as saying that Aaron died at Mosera and was buried there.<ref name="jd"/> Mosera is not on Mount Hor, since the itinerary in Num. xxxiii. 31-37 records seven stages between Moseroth (Mosera) and Mount Hor.<ref name="jd"/>

==Typical signification in rabbinical literature==
The older prophets and prophetical writers beheld in their priests the representatives of a religious form inferior to the prophetic truth; men without the spirit of God and lacking the will-power requisite to resist the multitude in its idolatrous proclivities.<ref name="j2">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=A&search=aaron#1]</ref> Thus Aaron, the typical priest, ranks far below Moses: he is but his mouthpiece, and the executor of the will of God revealed through Moses, although it is pointed out<ref>Sifra, Wa-yiḳra, 1</ref> that it is said fifteen times in the Pentateuch that “the Lord spoke to Moses ''and'' Aaron.” Under the influence of the priesthood which shaped the destinies of the nation under [[Persians|Persian]] rule, a different ideal of the priest was formed, as is learned from [[Malachi]] 2:4-7; and the prevailing tendency was to place Aaron on a footing equal with Moses.<ref name="j2"/> “At times Aaron, and at other times Moses, is mentioned first in Scripture—this is to show that they were of equal rank,” says [[Mekilta]] בא, 1;<ref name="j2"/> expressly infers this when introducing in his record of renowned men the glowing description of Aaron’s ministration.<ref name="j2"/>

===Death of Aaron in rabbinic literature===
In fulfilment of the promise of peaceful life, symbolized by the pouring of oil upon his head ([[Leviticus Rabbah]] x., Midrash Teh. cxxxiii. 1), Aaron's death, as described in the [[Haggadah]], was of a wonderful tranquillity.<ref name="dar">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=A&search=aaron#22]</ref> Accompanied by Moses, his brother, and by Eleazar, his son, Aaron went to the summit of Mount Hor, where the rock suddenly opened before him and a beautiful cave lit by a lamp presented itself to his view.<ref name="dar"/> "Take off thy priestly raiment and place it upon thy son Eleazar!" said Moses; "and then follow me."<ref name="dar"/> Aaron did as commanded; and they entered the cave, where was prepared a bed around which angels stood.<ref name="dar"/> "Go lie down upon thy bed, my brother," Moses continued; and Aaron obeyed without a murmur.<ref name="dar"/> Then his soul departed as if by a kiss from God.<ref name="dar"/> The cave closed behind Moses as he left; and he went down the hill with Eleazar, with garments rent, and crying: "Alas, Aaron, my brother! thou, the pillar of supplication of Israel!"<ref name="dar"/> When the Israelites cried in bewilderment, "Where is Aaron?" angels were seen carrying Aaron's bier through the air.<ref name="dar"/> A voice was then heard saying: "The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips: he walked with me in righteousness, and brought many back from sin" (Malachi ii. 6, 7).<ref name="dar"/> He died, according to [[Seder Olam Rabbah]] ix., R. H. 2, 3a, on the first of Ab."<ref name="dar"/> The pillar of cloud which proceeded in front of Israel's camp disappeared at Aaron's death (see Seder 'Olam, ix. and R. H. 2b-3a).<ref name="dar"/> The seeming contradiction between Numbers xx. 22 et seq. and Deut. x. 6 is solved by the rabbis in the following manner: Aaron's death on Mount Hor was marked by the defeat of the people in a war with the king of Arad, in consequence of which the Israelites fled, marching seven stations backward to Mosera, where they performed the rites of mourning for Aaron; wherefore it is said: "There [at Mosera] died Aaron."<ref name="dar"/> <ref>See Mek., Beshallaḥ, Wayassa', i.; Tan., Huḳḳat, 18; Yer. Soṭah, i. 17c, and Targum Yer. Num. and Deut. on the abovementioned passages.</ref><ref name="dar"/>

The rabbis also dwell with special laudation on the brotherly sentiment which united Aaron and Moses.<ref name="dar"/> When the latter was appointed ruler and Aaron high priest, neither betrayed any jealousy; instead they rejoiced in one another's greatness.<ref name="dar"/> When Moses at first declined to go to Pharaoh, saying: "O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send" (Exodus iv. 13), he was unwilling to deprive Aaron, his brother, of the high position the latter had held for so many years; but the Lord reassured him, saying: "Behold, when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart" ({{Bibleref|Exodus|4:14|JPS}}).<ref name="dar"/> Indeed, Aaron was to find his reward, says Simon bar Yochai; for that heart which had leaped with joy over his younger brother's rise to glory greater than his was decorated with the [[Urim and Thummim]], which were to "be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before the Lord" ([[Canticles Rabbah]] i. 10).<ref name="dar"/> Moses and Aaron met in gladness of heart, kissing each other as true brothers (Ex. iv. 27; compare [[Song of Solomon|Song of Songs]], viii. 1), and of them it is written: "Behold how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!" (Ps. cxxxiii. 1).<ref name="dar"/> Of them it is said (Ps. lxxxv. 10): "Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other]"; for Moses stood for righteousness, according to Deuteronomy xxxiii. 21, and Aaron for peace, according to {{Bibleref|Malachi|2:6|JPS}}. Again, mercy was personified in Aaron, according to Deuteronomy xxxiii. 8, and truth in Moses, according to Numbers xii. 7 <ref>(Tan., Shemot, ed. Buber, 24-26)</ref>.<ref name="dar"/>

When Moses poured the oil of anointment upon the head of Aaron, Aaron modestly shrank back and said: "Who knows whether I have not cast some blemish upon this sacred oil so as to forfeit this high office."<ref name="dar"/> Then [[Shekhinah|the Shekhinah]] spake the words: "Behold the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard of Aaron, that even went down to the skirts of his garment, is as pure as the dew of Hermon" ({{Bibleref|Psalm|133:2-3}}) <ref>(Sifra, Shemini, Milluim; Tan., Korah, ed. Buber, 14)</ref>.<ref name="dar"/>

===Moses and Aaron compared in rabbinic literature===
According to [[Tanhuma]],<ref>ed. Buber, 2:12</ref> Aaron’s activity as a prophet began earlier than that of Moses.<ref name="j1">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=A&search=aaron#21]</ref> Hillel in Herod’s time saw before him mainly a degenerate class of priests, selfish and quarrelsome, held Aaron of old up as a mirror, saying: “Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace; love your fellow creatures and draw them nigh unto the Law!”<ref>[[Abot]], 1:12</ref><ref name="j1"/> This is further illustrated by the tradition preserved in Abot de-Rabbi Natan 12, [[Sanhedrin (Talmud)|Sanhedrin]] 6b, and elsewhere, according to which Aaron was an ideal priest of the people, far more beloved for his kindly ways than was Moses.<ref name="j1"/> While Moses was stern and uncompromising, brooking no wrong, Aaron went about as peacemaker, reconciling man and wife when he saw them estranged, or a man with his neighbor when they quarreled, and winning evil-doers back into the right way by his friendly intercourse.<ref name="j1"/> The mourning of the people at Aaron’s death was greater, therefore, than at that of Moses; for whereas, when Aaron died the whole [[house of Israel]] wept, including the women. {{Bibleref|Numbers|20:29}}<ref>Numbers 20:29</ref><ref name="j1"/> Moses was bewailed by “the sons of Israel” only ({{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|34:8|NASB}}).<ref name="j1"/> Even in the making of the Golden Calf the rabbis find extenuating circumstances for Aaron.<ref>Sanhedrin 7a</ref><ref name="j1"/> His fortitude and silent submission to the will of God on the loss of his two sons are referred to as an excellent example to men how to glorify God in the midst of great affliction.<ref>[[Zebahim]] 115b</ref><ref name="j1"/> Especially significant are the words represented as being spoken by God after the princes of the [[Twelve Tribes]] had brought their dedication offerings into the newly reared Tabernacle: “Say to thy brother Aaron: Greater than the gifts of the princes is thy gift; for thou art called upon to kindle the light, and, while the sacrifices shall last only as long as the Temple lasts, thy light of the Law shall last forever.”<ref>[[Tanhuma]], ed. Buber, בהעלותך, 6</ref><ref name="j1"/>

==Genetics==

{{main|Y-chromosomal Aaron}}
Recently, the tradition that [[Kohanim]] are actually descended from a single patriarch Aaron was found to be apparently consistent with [[genetic testing]].<ref>Skorecki et al., 1997.</ref> Since all direct male lineage shares a common [[Y chromosome]], testing was done across sectors of the [[Jewish population]] to see if there was any commonality between their Y chromosomes. Many of the results were found to cluster rather closely around a particular DNA signature, which the researchers named the [[Cohen modal haplotype]], implying that many of the Kohanim do share a distinctive [[Common descent|common ancestry]]. This information was also used (perhaps prematurely) to support the claim of the [[Lemba]] (a [[sub-Saharan]] tribe) that they were in fact, a tribe of Jews.



==Descendants==
The sons of Aaron were [[Eleazar]], [[Ithamar]], [[Nadab and Abihu]].<ref>[http://scripturetext.com/1_chronicles/24-1.htm]</ref> A priestly descendant of Aaron is an Aaronite or [[Kohen|Cohen]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=crESCkypt5MC&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=a+priestly+descendant+of+aaron+is+an+aaronite+or+(kohen%7Ccohen)&source=web&ots=-B6_8fZ2f2&sig=yZNQQ0fspFqqzhtZIewkxyrCRIs]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=P9sYIRXZZ2MC&pg=PA1&dq=A+priestly+descendant+of+Aaron+is+an+Aaronite&sig=HKcuGMFMDd9PD4-Yg9JGNx0d-sA#PPA1,M1]</ref> A [[Levite]] is a non-Aaronic descendant of Levi<ref>[http://www.bgct.org/TexasBaptists/Document.Doc?&id=1832]</ref> assigned to assist the Levitical priests of the family of Aaron in the care of the tabernacle and later of the temple.

==Aaron in Christianity==
Aaron is considered a type of [[Christ]], the high priest of the new dispensation. In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and the [[Maronite Church]] he is commemorated on [[September 4]] with [[Moses]]. He is commemorated as one of the Holy Forefathers in the [[Calendar of Saints (Armenian Apostolic Church)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] on [[July 30]].

==Aaron in LDS==
In the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS church]], the [[Aaronic priesthood|Aaronic]] order is the lesser order of priesthood, comprising the grades (from lowest to highest) of deacon, teacher and priest. The chief office of the Aaronic priesthood is the presiding bishopric; the head of the priesthood is the bishop. Each ward has one or more quorums of each office of the Aaronic priesthood. <ref>"Aaronic", Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, third edition</ref>

==Aaron in Islam==
{{main|Islamic view of Aaron}}
Aaron is believed to be a Prophet in [[Islam]] and is known as [[Harun]], which is the Arabic name for Aaron. His role also found an analogue in the person of [[Ali]], to whom [[Muhammad]] said: '' Will you not be pleased that you will be to me like Aaron was to Moses? '' <ref>Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 57, Number 56</ref>

A significant difference in the Quran is the fact that Aaron was not involved with the creation of the Golden Calf, but did not prevent it as he feared for his life at the hands of the idol-makers.

==References==
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==Resources==
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=4&letter=A&search=Aaron McCurdy, J. F. and Kaufmann Kohler. "Aaron".] ''[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]''. [[Funk and Wagnalls]], 1901-1906; which cites
** ''[[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] Rabbah'' 9
** ''[[Leviticus]] Rabbah'' 10
** {{Unicode|''Midrash Peṭirat Aharon''}} in [[Jellinek]]’s ''Bet ha-Midrash'', 1:91-95
** {{Unicode|''Yalḳuṭ [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]]''}} 764
** Baring-[[Gould]], ''Legends of Old Testament Characters''
**''Chronicles of Jerahmeel'', ed. [[Moses Gaster|M. Gaster]], pp. cx1:130-133
** B. [[Beer]], in [[Wertheimer]]’s ''Jahrb.'', 1855
** [[Hamburger]], ''Der Geist der Haggada'', pp. 1-8
*** the same, ''Realencyklopädie für Bibel und Talmud'', s. v.
**Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saint''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
*{{JewishEncyclopedia}}
*{{1911}}

==See also==
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Aaron}}
* [[Harun]]
* [[Kohen]]
* [[Y-chromosomal Aaron]]
* [[Moses in rabbinic literature]]

==External links==
*[http://www.tanakhpersonalities.org/showentries.php?code=01052014 Aaron in the Biblical Encyclopedia Tanakh Profiles] {{languageicon|Hebrew/English}} See also [http://www.tanakhpersonalities.org/showappendix.php?num=8 translations of names.]
*[http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/vaera/rey.html Meanings of Aaron's name]

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