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Strange Fire
[Bible]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.
Hazeroth
[Bible]Hazeroth was an encampment where the Israelites stopped after Kibroth-hattaavah during their wilderness journey following the Exodus. There Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, and Miriam was stricken with leprosy.
Priestly Garments
[Bible]The priestly garments were the holy garments made, according to Exodus 28, for Aaron and his sons to wear when they ministered in the tabernacle. The garments of the high priest are distinguished from those of the ordinary priests.
Mosera
[Bible]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.
Nahshon
[People]Nahshon was the leader of the tribe of Judah during the wilderness period after the Exodus. The son of Amminadab and the brother-in-law of Aaron, he appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.
Amminadab
[People]Amminadab was a man of the tribe of Judah, the son of Ram and the father of Nahshon and Elisheba. He was the father-in-law of Aaron, and his name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.
Kohath
[People]Kohath was the second son of Levi, the son of Jacob, and the grandfather of Moses and Aaron. His descendants, the Kohathites, were responsible for carrying the most holy furnishings of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, during the wilderness journey.
The Cushite Woman
[People]The Cushite woman (KJV: "Ethiopian woman") is the wife whom Moses married, according to Numbers 12. She appears in the account in which Miriam and Aaron used this marriage as a pretext for speaking against Moses. Her name is not recorded.
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.
Izhar
[People]Izhar was a grandson of Levi and a son of Kohath. He was the uncle of Moses and Aaron and appears in biblical genealogies as the father of Korah, who rose up against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Exodus 4
[Bible]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 6
[Bible]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 32
[Bible]Exodus 32 records how, while Moses remained on Mount Sinai, the people of Israel had Aaron make a golden calf and worshiped it. The chapter also recounts Moses' intercession, his breaking of the tablets of the testimony, and the judgment that followed.
Leviticus 8
[Bible]Leviticus 8 is the chapter in which Moses, as the LORD commanded, washes, clothes, and anoints Aaron and his sons, then offers a sin offering, a burnt offering, and the ordination offering to install them as priests.
Leviticus 9
[Bible]Leviticus 9 records the eighth day, after the seven days of priestly ordination were completed. On that day Aaron offered sacrifices for the first time and blessed the people, and then the glory of the LORD appeared and fire came out and consumed the offerings.
Numbers 1
[Bible]Numbers 1 records how, in the second year after the Exodus, Moses and Aaron numbered the men of the twelve tribes in the wilderness of Sinai who were twenty years old and upward and able to go to war, arriving at a total of 603,550. The tribe of Levi was excluded from the count and given charge of the tabernacle.
Numbers 14
[Bible]In this chapter the congregation of Israel, after hearing the spies' report, murmurs against Moses and Aaron and proposes returning to Egypt. Through Moses' intercession God pardons the people, yet He pronounces that the murmuring generation will wander in the wilderness for forty years and die there.
Numbers 17
[Bible]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.
Numbers 16
[Bible]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.
Numbers 20
[Bible]Numbers 20 recounts the death of Miriam at Kadesh and the incident at the waters of Meribah, after which Moses and Aaron are told that they will not enter Canaan. The chapter also records Edom's refusal to let Israel pass through its territory and the death of Aaron on Mount Hor.