Timeline of the Bible · The Patriarchs
Aaron
Life · 1574–1452 BC
What the Bible Says
- “Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh” Exodus 7:7
- “in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt” Numbers 33:38
- “Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died” Numbers 33:39
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Born 1574 BC
- “Aaron was borne 3 years before his brother Moses; eighty three years”
- Died 1452 BC
- “Aaron dyed at Mosera, in the top of the Mountain, of Hor, at the age of 123 years”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
