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Aaron – Enlightened
Aaron was the brother and assistant to Moses, the first high priest under the Mosaic dispensation; hence the founder of the "Aaronic priesthood".
In the degree "Chief of the Tabernacle," which is the 23d of the Ancient and Accepted Rite, the presiding officer represents Aaron as the "Most Excellent High Priest." Exodus 40:13
In the degree "Prince of the Tabernacle," the Senior Warden impersonates Aaron. Leviticus 10:8,11 Upholding the hands of Moses by Aaron and Hur is the origin of one of the signs of the Second Degree, which is said to have taken its origin from the fact that Aaron and Hur were present on the hill from which Moses surveyed the battle which Joshua was waging with the Amalekites, when these two supported the weary arms of Moses in an upright posture, because upon his uplifted hands the fate of the battle depended Exodus 17:12
Aaron is also referred to in the latter section of the Royal Arch degree in connection with the memorials that were deposited in the ark of the covenant.
Biblical References
Exodus 40:13
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Leviticus 10:8,11
8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. 10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
Exodus 17:12
But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
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This page is adapted from the Glossary at Phoenixmasonry — Used with permission.
