Aaron
Brother of Moses and first High Priest of Israel.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Moses transferred the priesthood to his brother Aaron and consecrated him as High Priest
"until he transferred the one office, namely the priesthood, to his brother Aaron, and consecrated him as High Priest."
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— The vestments of Aaron and the entire Levitical order breathe forth heavenly mysteries in Leviticus
"the vestments of Aaron, and the entire Levitical order breathe forth heavenly mysteries"
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Moses and Christ: Nineteen Parallels
— Gregory Nazianzen compares Moses and Aaron to Basil and Gregory of Nyssa
"compares Saint Basil and his brother Gregory of Nyssa to Moses and Aaron"
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Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers
— Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron assumed priesthood when Aaron died
"Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, assumed the priesthood among the Hebrews, Aaron having died"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Cited for his full-length robe bearing the whole world (Wisdom 18:24)
""in the full-length robe which he wore," Aaron the high priest of the Old Testament "bore the whole world," Wisdom 18:24."