AARON  , the traditional founder and See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Jewish See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood, who, in See also:

• COMPANY

company with See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses, led the Israelites out of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt (see See also:

• EXODUS, BOOK OF
• EXODUS, THE

EXODUS; MOSES) . The greater See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• HISTORY

history is preserved in See also:

• LATE

late Biblical narratives, which carry back existing conditions and beliefs to the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Exodus, and find a precedent for contemporary hierarchical institutions in the events of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Although Aaron was said to have been sent by Yahweh (See also:

• JEHOVAH (YAHWEH2)

Jehovah) to meet Moses at the " See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

mount of See also:

• GOD

God " (See also:

• HOREB

Horeb, Ex. iv.27), he plays only a secondary part in the incidents at See also:

• PHARAOH (Par'oh)

Pharaoh's See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . After the "exodus" from Egypt a striking See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account is given of the See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision of the God of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel vouchsafed to him and to his sons Nadab and Abihu on the same See also:

• HOLY

holy mount (Ex. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 1 seq . 9 -II), and together with Hur he was at the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of Moses when the latter, by means of his wonder-working See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod, enabled See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua to defeat the See also:

• AMALEKITES

Amalekites (xvii . 8-16) . Hur and Aaron were See also:

• LEFT

left in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the Israelites when Moses and Joshua ascended the mount to receive the Tables of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law (xxiv . 12-15), and when the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, in dismay at the prolonged See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, demanded a god, it was at the instigation of Aaron that the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• CALF
• CALF, THE GOLDEN

calf was made (see CALF, GOLDEN) . 'This was regarded as an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

apostasy which, according to one tradition, led to the See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration of the See also:

• LEVITES

Levites, and almost cost Aaron his life (cp . Deut. ix . 20) .

The incident paves the way for the account of the preparation of the new tables of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone which contain a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• LAWS

laws quite distinct from the See also:

• DECALOGUE (in patristic Gr. 7] SercaXoyos, sc. (3i(3)tos or vopoGevia)

Decalogue (q.v.) (Ex. xxxiii. seq.) . Kadesh, and not See also:

• SINAI

Sinai or Horeb, appears to have been originally the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of these incidents (Deut. xxxiii . 8 seq. compared with Ex. xxxii . 26 sqq.), and it was for some obscure offence at this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place that both Aaron and Moses were prohibited from entering the Promised See also:

• LAND

Land (Num. xx.) . In what way they had not " sanctified " (an allusion in the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew to Kddesh " holy ") Yahweh is quite uncertain, and it would appear that it was for a similar offence that the sons of Aaron mentioned above also met their See also:

• DEATH

death (Lev. x . 3 ; cp . Num. xx . 12, Deut. xxxii . 51) . Aaron is said to have died at Moserah (Deut. x . 6), or at Mt . See also:

• HOR, MOUNT (nirt)

Hor ; the latter is an unidentified site on the border of See also:

• EDOM

Edom (Num .

RR . 23, xxxiii . 37 ; for Moserah see ib . 30-31), and consequently not in the neighbourhood of See also:

• PETRA (r)

Petra, which has been the traditional scene from the time of See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus (See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

Ant. iv . 4 . 7) . Several difficulties in the See also:

• PRESENT

present Biblical See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text appear to have arisen from the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt of later tradition to find a place for Aaron in certain incidents . In the account of the contention between Moses and his See also:

• SISTER

sister Miriam (Num. xii.), Aaron occupies only a secondary position, and it is very doubtful whether he was originally mentioned in the older surviving narratives . It is at least remarkable that he is only thrice mentioned in See also:

• DEUTERONOMY

Deuteronomy (ix . 20, R . 6, xxxii . 5o) .

The See also:

• POST

post-exilic narratives give him a greater See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the plagues of Egypt, represent him as high-priest, and confirm his position by the miraculous budding of his rod alone of all the rods of the other tribes (Num. xvii . ; for See also:

• PARALLELS

parallels see See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray, See also:

• COMM

comm. ad loc., p . 217) . The latter See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story illustrates the growth of the older exodus-tradition along with the development of priestly See also:

• RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual: the old account of Korah's revolt against the authority of Moses has been See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded, and now describes (a) the divine prerogatives of the Levites in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, and (b) the See also:

• CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

confirmation of the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior privileges of the Aaronites against the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Levites, a development which can scarcely be earlier than the time of See also:

• EZEKIEL (SKpm', " God strengthens" or " God is strong "; Sept. 'IE'EKL?)X; Vulg. Ezechiel)

Ezekiel (xliv . 15 seq.) . Aaron's son Eleazar was buried in an Ephraimite locality known after the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson as the " See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill of Phinehas " (Josh. xxiv . 33) . Littlehistorical See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information has been preserved of either . The name Phinehas (apparently of See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian origin) is better known as that of a son of See also:

• ELI (Hebrew for "high"? i Sam. chaps. i.-iv.)

Eli, a member of the priesthood of See also:

• SHILOH
• SHILOH, BATTLE OF

Shiloh, and Eleazar is only another See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Eliezer the son of Moses, to whose See also:

• KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin Eli is said to have belonged . The See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close relation between Aaronite and Levitical names and those of clans related to Moses is very See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note-worthy, and it is a curious coincidence that the name of Aaron's sister Miriam appears in a See also:

• GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

genealogy of See also:

• CALEB (Heb. keleb, " dog ")

Caleb (i Chron. iv . 17) with Jether (cp . JET1HRO) and See also:

• HEBER, REGINALD (1783-1826)
• HEBER, RICHARD (1773-1833)

Heber (cp .

See also:

• KENITES

KENITES) . In view of the confusion of the traditions and the difficulty of interpreting the details sketched above, the recovery of the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical Aaron is a See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar intricacy . He may well have been the traditional head of the priesthood, and R . H . See also:

• KENNETT, WHITE (1660–1728)

Kennett has argued in favour of the view that he was the founder of the cult at See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel (Journ. of Theol . See also:

• STUD

Stud., 1905, pp . 161 sqq.), corresponding to the Mosaite founder of See also:

• DAN

Dan (q.v.) . This throws no See also:

• LIGHT

light upon the name, which still remains quite obscure; and unless Aaron (Aharon) is based upon Aron, " See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

ark " (Redslob, R . P . A . See also:

• DOZY, REINHART PIETER ANNE (182o-1883)

Dozy, J . P .

N . Land), it must be placed in a See also:

• LINE

line with the other un-Hebraic and difficult names associated with Moses and Aaron, which are, apparently, of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Palestinian (or See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Arabian) origin . For the literature and a general account of the Jewish priesthood, see the articles LEVITES and PRIEST . (S . A . C.) AARON'S ROD, the popular name given to various tall flowering See also:

• PLANTS

plants (" See also:

• HAG

hag See also:

• TAPER (probably of Celtic origin, cf. Irish tapar, Welsh tampr, taper, torch)

taper," " golden rod," &c.) . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture the See also:

• TERM

term is given to' an ornamental rod with sprouting leaves, or sometimes with a See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent entwined See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round it (from the Biblical references in Exodus vii. ro and See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

Numbers xvii . 8) .