The Conspiracy to Turn Aaron Into Moses’ Brother
Aaron seems to be an afterthought in Moses’ Exodus story and Moses seems to be an alien branch on Aaron’s family tree
Considering Aaron’s oversized role in the Jewish faith according to the Pentateuch – he is said to be the first and progenitor of all subsequent priests who are exclusively permitted to offer sacrifice to God – one would have expected he be provided with an elaborate origin story. But this is not so. The Bible doesn’t provide Aaron with his own origin story. Instead, he shares in the origin story of Moses, in which he plays a secondary role of sidekick.
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