Moses and Aaron

After Moses received his command from God, he bade farewell to Midian and set out on the long journey toward Egypt with his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons. With the return of Moses toward Egypt the story of Moses and Aaron began. Aaron was three years older then Moses, but little is known of his previous life, only that he could speak well and was to be Moses's spokesman unto the people.  Aaron had been forewarned by God of his brother's arrival, and journeyed forth to meet him in desert.

Together, Moses and Aaron went among the Israelites to tell them of the Lord's summons to the race.  A gathering of the elders was called, before which Aaron spoke, and Moses showed his miraculous signs.  These were believed, and the downtrodden children of Israel took heart, rejoicing in secret.

Being thus accepted of Israel, Moses and Aaron went boldly to the king's palace.  They presented themselves as the dread ambassadors of a ruler yet mightier than Pharaoh.  They demanded that the Israelites be permitted to go out into the desert and offer sacrifice to their God.

The Pharaoh in power, Amenhotep, did not punish Moses directly for his request; his vengeance fell instead upon the luckless Israelites. He laid heavier burdens on their exhausted shoulders.  The despairing Israelites turned against Moses, crying that he had done them grievous harm instead of good.  Moses himself appealed in agony to God, who told Moses and Aaron to go again to Pharaoh with their demand and show a miracle before him.  This they did, and Aaron's rod became a serpent at Pharaoh's feet.  When the Egyptian priests used their magic to also turn their rods to serpents, "Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods."

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