In the
Hebrew Bible and the
Quran,
Aaron אַהֲרֹן (, ) was the older brother of
Moses (Exodus 6:16-20, 7:7; Qur'an 28:34) and a
prophet of
God. Unlike Moses, who grew up in the Egyptian royal court, Aaron and his elder sister
Miriam remained with their
kinsmen in the eastern border-land of Egypt (
Goshen). When Moses first confronted the Egyptian king about the Israelites, Aaron served as his brother's spokesman ("prophet") to Pharaoh. Part of the Law (Torah) that Moses received from God at Sinai granted Aaron the priesthood for himself and his male descendants, and he became the first
High Priest of the
Israelites. Various dates for his life have been proposed, ranging from approximately 1600 to 1200 BC. Aaron died before the Israelites crossed the Jordan river and he was buried on
Mount Hor (Numbers 33:39; Deuteronomy 10:6 says he died and was buried at Moserah). Aaron is also mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible.