Excerpt from Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical, of the Life and Character, Labors and Actions of Eminent Persons, in All Ages and Countries, Conditions and Professions, Arranged in Alphabetical Order; Abridged From the Larger Work Aaron, elder brother of Mofes, fon of Amram, of the tribe of Levi, was born A. M 24 34. He was the friend and the affiltant of his brother, and as being more happily gifted with the powers of eloquence, he attended him in all his interviews with Pharaoh in Egypt, And in his conferences with the people oflfrael. Though he offended God by making a'calf of gold, as the reprefentative of the divinity, he was permitted to become the firl't high prieft. He died in his I23d year, without being per mitred to enter the promifed land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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