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• KorahPeople

  Korah was a Levite who, according to Numbers 16, joined Dathan and Abiram in challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron and was judged for it. His descendants, the "sons of Korah," are named in the superscriptions of several psalms.

• LevitesBible

  The Levites were members of the Israelite tribe descended from Levi, the son of Jacob. Rather than receiving land as an inheritance, they were set apart for the work of the tabernacle and the temple. Among them, the descendants of Aaron became priests.

• ElishebaPeople

  Elisheba was the wife of Aaron, mentioned in Exodus 6:23. The daughter of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah and the sister of Nahshon, she bore four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• NephegPeople

  Nepheg is a Levite mentioned in Exodus 6:21. He was a son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, and a brother of Korah and Zichri. Scripture records only his name.

• Strange FireBible

  Strange fire is an expression from the incident in Leviticus 10 in which Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, died after offering incense in a manner God had not commanded. The underlying Hebrew phrase means "strange" or "foreign" fire.

• Numbers 17Bible

  Numbers 17 is the chapter in which, after Korah's rebellion, Aaron's rod alone among the rods of the twelve tribes buds and bears fruit, showing that God had chosen Aaron and the tribe of Levi for the priestly office.

• DathanPeople

  Dathan, a son of Eliab of the tribe of Reuben, appears in the Book of Numbers. With his brother Abiram and the Levite Korah, he rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the earth opened and swallowed him and his household.

• MoseraBible

  Mosera is a place where Israel stopped during its journey through the wilderness after the Exodus. Deuteronomy 10:6 names it as the place where Aaron died and was buried. It is generally identified with Moseroth in Numbers 33.

• JochebedPeople

  Jochebed was the wife of Amram of the tribe of Levi and the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. She is known for hiding the infant Moses when Pharaoh ordered that Hebrew baby boys be killed and then placing him in an ark of bulrushes by the Nile.

• IthamarPeople

  Ithamar was the fourth son of Aaron and served as a priest with his brother Eleazar during the wilderness period. When the tabernacle was transported, he supervised the work of the Gershonites and the Merarites.

• Numbers 16Bible

  Numbers 16 records how Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and 250 leaders rose up against the authority of Moses and Aaron and were swallowed by the earth and consumed by fire. It also tells how, on the following day, a plague broke out because of the congregation's murmuring and was stopped when Aaron made atonement with his censer.

• Exodus 10Bible

  Exodus 10 records the eighth plague on Egypt, locusts, and the ninth, darkness. Pharaoh offers to let Israel go on certain conditions but finally drives Moses from his presence.

• Ezra (Scribe)People

  Ezra was a priest and scribe of Judah in the Persian period who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and taught the law of Moses. He appears in Ezra 7–10, Nehemiah 8, and elsewhere.

• Numbers 12Bible

  Numbers 12 recounts how Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses over his Cushite wife, how God affirms Moses' unique standing, and how Miriam is struck with leprosy and shut out of the camp for seven days.

• HurPeople

  Hur was an Israelite leader who served alongside Moses and Aaron during the Exodus. He is best known for holding up Moses' hands with Aaron during the battle against Amalek.

• Levi (Son of Jacob)People

  Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses and Aaron, as well as the Levites and priests who served in the tabernacle and the temple, were all his descendants.

• Exodus 6Bible

  Exodus 6 is the chapter in which God reveals His name with the words "I am the LORD" and promises deliverance to Moses, who has grown discouraged under Pharaoh's oppression. The chapter also contains a genealogy tracing the lineage of Moses and Aaron.

• Exodus 4Bible

  Exodus 4 is the chapter in which, as Moses hesitates to accept his calling, God gives him three signs and appoints his brother Aaron to help him; Moses then leaves Midian, returns to Egypt, and delivers God's word to the elders of Israel.

• Exodus 7Bible

  Exodus 7 is the chapter in which Moses and Aaron perform the sign of turning a rod into a serpent before Pharaoh and in which the first plague occurs, as the waters of the Nile ("the river") are turned to blood.

• Red HeiferBible

  The red heifer is a purification ordinance found in Numbers 19. A red heifer without blemish was burned whole outside the camp, and its ashes were mixed with water and used to purify a person who had become unclean through contact with a dead body.