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Aaron's descendants including Zerahiah, Meraioth, Amaziah and Ahitub. ... "Go lie down upon thy bed, my brother," Moses continued; and Aaron obeyed without a murmur. [63]
Kohath's son Amram was the father of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. The descendants of Aaron, the Kohanim, had the special role as priests in the Tabernacle in the wilderness and also in the Temple in Jerusalem. The remaining Levites were divided into three groups: Gershonites (descended from Gershon), Kohathites (from Kohath), and Merarites (from ...
Aaronim claimed descent from Aaron – Moses' brother, and hence any immediate descendant of Moses would not count among the Aaronim. The possibility that the story of Micah's Idol refers to immediate descendants of Moses being priests is taken by biblical scholars as a demonstration that the Aaronim-only restriction was originally not present ...
Y-chromosomal Aaron is the name given to the hypothesized most recent common ancestor of the patrilineal Jewish priestly caste known as Kohanim (singular "Kohen", also spelled "Cohen"). According to the traditional understanding of the Hebrew Bible , this ancestor was Aaron , the brother of Moses .
Family of Aaron and Moses. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. J. Jethro (biblical figure) (7 P) P. Pharaoh's daughter ...
A number of reasons have been suggested for why Aaron and his descendants were chosen instead: [19] Due to Aaron's role in the Exodus, alongside Moses [20] As reward for greeting Moses cheerfully (Exodus 4:14), willingly subordinating himself to Moses in the Exodus, even though he (Aaron) was the elder of the two brothers [21]
The priesthood of ancient Israel was the class of male individuals, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, were patrilineal descendants from Aaron (the elder brother of Moses) and the tribe of Levi, who served in the Tabernacle, Solomon's Temple and Second Temple until the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.
Aaron I. (אהרן) Biblical figure, brother of Moses. He is considered in the Torah to be the "ancestor of the legitimate Levitical-Aaronid priesthood." [6] Eleazar I. (אלעזר) Biblical figure, son of Aaron and his successor as high priest. [7] Phinehas I. (פינחס) Biblical figure, son of Eleazar.