The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

Supplemental Encyclopaedia of AncientCountries and Cities.AaronThe son of Amram and Jochebed, of the tribeof Levi, and brother of Moses and Miriam, born in theyear 1574 B. C. He was three years older than Mosesand apparently some years younger than their sister Miriam.Being an impulsive and eloquent man, he was appointedspokesman to Moses, whom he assisted in the deliveranceof the Israelites from the bondage in Egypt. His wifewas Elisheba, daughter of Aminadab, from whom he hadfour sons. Aaron's chief distinction consisted in the choiceof him and his male posterity for the priesthood. He wasconsecrated the first high priest of the Israelites. He diedon Mount Hor, in Edom, which is still called the "Mountainof Aaron," in the fortieth year after leaving Egypt,at the age of 123 years, and was succeeded in the priesthoodby his son Eleazer. The Arabs stillpretendhis tomb on the mount, and highly venerate it.to showAbraham or Abram A son of Terah, a descendantof Shem, and born at Ur, in Mesopotamia, in 1996 B. C.In 1922 B. C. he went to Haran, in Mesopotamia, accompaniedby his father, his wife Sarai, his brother Nahor,and his nephew Lot (Gen. xi. 26-32). His father diessoon after, and he takes Lot and his wife Sarai, and goesto Canaan. In 1920 B. C. they go to Egypt, but returnin two years and Abram and Lot separate ;Lot goes toSodom and Abram to the Valley of Mamre the same isHebron in the land of Canaan. Sarai, being barren, givesHagar, her Egyptian handmaid, to Abram, and in 1910B. C. Ishmael was bora. God covenants with Abram,161