Aaron the Levite: the First High Priest of the Hebrews

The Jewish Writings, or Torah, consists of the first five books of the Bible; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and, Deuteronomy. The Christian calls these the five books of Moses, or, The Pentateuch.

There are people who believe that these books are true without exception; of course, many people do not. It is important, as the author of the article, to make my views known, so that you, as the reader, can consider my personal bias. I do believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God written through about 40 human authors; 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books. My personal reason for that belief is the number of completed prophecies from the Old Testament; without one error. Additionally, the total agreement among authors even though their books were written without prior knowledge, makes the odds that the Bible is true, too great for me to ignore.

This article is not designed to be an "apologetic" or a defense of the faith in any way; although I do hope to do a series on apologetics, inerrancy of scriptures and book outlines in the future. This particular article is simply a look at a person who had a lot to do with an important central theme in the Bible; forgiveness.

Most people know the name Moses and, in addition to that, many people have some idea about the life of Moses. He was the baby the Pharaoh's daughter found and he was raised in Pharaoh's court. He killed an Egyptian and had to run for his life. When he returned to Egypt it was to free the Israelites from slavery.

Often, little is made of the fact that Moses tried to cop out of doing what God asked him to do. He suggested he was not eloquent enough to talk to Pharaoh. God was angry with him over that situation.

The man who was sent by God to be the mouthpiece for Moses, was a man named Aaron, or, "Aaron the Levite". (Wilkipedia Aaron) As a younger person I really never took the time to put together the fact that Aaron and Moses were brothers, and, that Miriam was their older sister.