Aaron and his sons

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Aaron and his sons are the priestly family in the Hebrew Bible who were given special rights and duties in Israel’s worship, including consuming certain holy offerings.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aaron and his sons canonical 1
descendants of Aaron 1
line of Aaron 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Israelite priests
biblical group
priestly family
ancestor Aaron
appointedBy YHWH
associatedCommandments purity laws
sacrificial laws
centralSanctuary Tabernacle
Tabernacle
surface form: Tent of Meeting
collectiveIncludes Abihu
Eleazar
Ithamar
Nadab
contrastWith Tribe of Levi
surface form: Levites

non-priestly Israelites
culticStatus holy to YHWH
describedIn Book of Exodus
Book of Leviticus
Book of Numbers
duty distinguish between clean and unclean
distinguish between holy and common
guard the sanctuary
maintain the altar
perform atonement rituals
function bless the people of Israel
burn incense
offer sacrifices
teach Israel the statutes of YHWH
languageOfName Hebrew
laterAssociation Jewish Temple
surface form: Jerusalem Temple
legalRegulationSource Priestly code
mediatedBy Moses
memberOf Tribe of Levi
surface form: tribe of Levi
ordinationRite anointing with oil
laying on of hands
sacrificial offerings
priestlyLine House of Aaron
surface form: house of Aaron
privilege consume certain holy offerings
eat portions of grain offerings
eat portions of peace offerings
eat portions of sin offerings
receive portions of sacrifices as due
religiousText Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh
surface form: Old Testament
religiousTradition Judaism
roleInIsrael priesthood
timePeriod Israelite wilderness period
early Israelite monarchy (as priestly lineage)
vestments priestly garments

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Table of the Shewbread eatenBy Aaron and his sons
Tribe of Levi genealogicalSignificance Aaron and his sons
this entity surface form: line of Aaron
Exodus 28 givesInstructionFor Aaron and his sons
this entity surface form: sons of Aaron
Anathoth allottedTo Aaron and his sons
this entity surface form: descendants of Aaron