AARON (ārʹun; Heb. derivation uncertain). The son of Amram the Levite and Jochebed (Ex. 6:20), the first high priest of Israel, and the older brother of Moses and Miriam. (Numbers 26:59; 33:39) (B.C. 1573.) Third, in line of descent from Levi, he was the brother of Moses and his senior by three years, although he was younger than his sister Miriam (which see). His wife was Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, by whom he had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar (6:23).
