47 Bible Trivia Questions About Aaron

Aaron stood beside Moses before Pharaoh and became Israel's first high priest. Test what you know about his rod, his calling and his failures.

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    Whose staff sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced almonds?

    Answer: B. Aaron'sNumbers 17:8
    And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
  2. Question 2Easy

    Who performed the sacrifices and washed Aaron and his sons during their ordination?

    Answer: A. MosesLeviticus 8:6-15
    And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the …
  3. Question 3Easy

    What animal did Moses tell Aaron to bring for his own sin offering?

    Answer: A. A bull calfLeviticus 9:2
    And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
  4. Question 4Easy

    For how many days were Aaron and his sons commanded to stay at the entrance of the tent of meeting?

    Answer: A. Seven daysLeviticus 8:33
    And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
  5. Question 5Easy

    What happened when Moses and Aaron came out of the tent of meeting?

    Answer: A. The glory of the Lord appeared to all the peopleLeviticus 9:23
    And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
  6. Question 6Easy

    Who became High Priest after Aaron died?

    Answer: C. EleazarNumbers 20:28
    And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

Medium questions

  1. Question 7Medium

    What excuse did Aaron give to Moses for the golden calf?

    Answer: B. I threw gold into the fire, and out came this calfExodus 32:24
    And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
  2. Question 8Medium

    To whom were the Levites given as helpers?

    Answer: C. Aaron and his sonsNumbers 3:9
    And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
  3. Question 9Medium

    When Aaron offered the first sacrifices for the Tabernacle, what came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the offering?

    Answer: B. FireLeviticus 9:24
    And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  4. Question 10Medium

    Who did God appoint to be Moses' spokesman to the people because Moses claimed he was slow of speech?

    Answer: A. His brother AaronExodus 4:14
    And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
  5. Question 11Medium

    What did Moses put on Aaron's right earlobe during ordination?

    Answer: C. Blood from the ramLeviticus 8:23
    And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
  6. Question 12Medium

    What did the LORD send upon the people because of the golden calf Aaron made?

    Answer: C. A plagueExodus 32:35
    And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
  7. Question 13Medium

    What kind of priesthood was promised to Aaron and his sons?

    Answer: B. An everlasting priesthoodExodus 40:15
    And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
  8. Question 14Medium

    Why did Aaron wear the golden plate on his forehead?

    Answer: A. To bear the guilt involved in the sacred giftsExodus 28:38
    And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
  9. Question 15Medium

    What did Korah and his followers say against Moses and Aaron?

    Answer: D. You have gone too far! The whole community is holy.Numbers 16:3
    And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
  10. Question 16Medium

    Why was Aaron warned not to enter the Most Holy Place at just any time?

    Answer: C. So that he would not dieLeviticus 16:2
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
  11. Question 17Medium

    What kind of garments did Aaron wear when entering the Most Holy Place?

    Answer: D. Sacred linen tunic and undergarmentsLeviticus 16:4
    He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
  12. Question 18Medium

    In the Law given to Aaron, who bore the responsibility for offenses against the sanctuary?

    Answer: C. Aaron and his sons (the priests)Numbers 18:1
    And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
  13. Question 19Medium

    What items were kept inside the gold-covered ark of the covenant, as described in the letter to the Hebrews?

    Answer: B. Manna, Aaron's staff, and the stone tabletsHebrews 9:4
    Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
  14. Question 20Medium

    Aaron the High Priest died on Mount Hor, near the border of Edom.

    Answer: TrueNumbers 20:23-28
    And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and …
  15. Question 21Medium

    What happened to Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord?

    Answer: A. Fire from the Lord consumed themLeviticus 10:1-2
    And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
  16. Question 22Medium

    Who criticized Moses for marrying a Cushite woman?

    Answer: D. Miriam and AaronNumbers 12:1
    And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
  17. Question 23Medium

    During the battle against the Amalekites, who helped Moses keep his hands raised?

    Answer: D. Aaron and HurExodus 17:12
    But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
  18. Question 24Medium

    Who was the first High Priest to die?

    Answer: B. AaronNumbers 20:29
    And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
  19. Question 25Medium

    Which grandson of Aaron was known for his zeal for the Lord?

    Answer: B. Phinehas1 Chronicles 6:4
    Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
  20. Question 26Medium

    What did Aaron carry in the breastpiece over his heart?

    Answer: A. The Urim and ThummimExodus 28:30
    And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
  21. Question 27Medium

    Only Aaron and his descendants were permitted to burn sacrifices on the altar.

    Answer: True1 Chronicles 6:49
    But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
  22. Question 28Medium

    After the death of Nadab and Abihu, who were Aaron's surviving sons?

    Answer: C. Eleazar and IthamarLeviticus 10:12
    And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
  23. Question 29Medium

    What message did Moses and Aaron deliver to Pharaoh?

    Answer: D. Let my people goExodus 5:1
    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
  24. Question 30Medium

    How did God appear when He came down to rebuke Miriam and Aaron?

    Answer: D. In a pillar of cloudNumbers 12:5
    And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.

Hard questions

  1. Question 31Hard

    In what year of the Exodus did Aaron die?

    Answer: D. 40th yearNumbers 33:38
    And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
  2. Question 32Hard

    Aaron was exactly three years older than his brother Moses.

    Answer: TrueExodus 7:7
    And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
  3. Question 33Hard

    How old was Aaron when he died on Mount Hor?

    Answer: A. 123 yearsNumbers 33:39
    And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
  4. Question 34Hard

    Why could Aaron not enter the Promised Land?

    Answer: B. Because he rebelled against God's command at the waters of MeribahNumbers 20:24
    Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
  5. Question 35Hard

    Who was left in charge of the camp while Moses was on the mountain?

    Answer: A. Aaron and HurExodus 24:14
    And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
  6. Question 36Hard

    Aaron's wife, from the tribe of Judah, was named Elisheba.

    Answer: TrueExodus 6:23
    And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  7. Question 37Hard

    Unity is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard of _____.

    Answer: C. AaronPsalms 133:2
    It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
  8. Question 38Hard

    What primary duty was set apart for Aaron and his descendants forever?

    Answer: A. To consecrate the most holy things and burn incense1 Chronicles 23:13
    The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
  9. Question 39Hard

    While Moses was on the mount, what did the people ask Aaron to make because they did not know what had become of him?

    Answer: B. Gods to go before themActs 7:40
    Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
  10. Question 40Hard

    What did Aaron do to stop the plague that started after Korah's rebellion?

    Answer: D. He stood between the dead and the living with a censerNumbers 16:46-48
    And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the …
  11. Question 41Hard

    Who helped Moses and Aaron with the census?

    Answer: C. One leader from each tribeNumbers 1:4
    And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
  12. Question 42Hard

    Where was Aaron's staff to be kept as a sign?

    Answer: B. Before the Testimony (Ark)Numbers 17:10
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
  13. Question 43Hard

    In the camp, the Israelites grew envious of Moses and of Aaron, who was _____ to the Lord.

    Answer: C. consecratedPsalms 106:16
    They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
  14. Question 44Hard

    During the consecration of Aaron and his sons, what part of the bullock was burned on the altar first?

    Answer: B. The fat (around the entrails)Exodus 29:13
    And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
  15. Question 45Hard

    Who was responsible for recording the amount of materials used for the tabernacle?

    Answer: C. Ithamar son of AaronExodus 38:21
    This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
  16. Question 46Hard

    On which mountain did Moses' brother, Aaron, die?

    Answer: B. Mount HorNumbers 20:22
    And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
  17. Question 47Hard

    Who else besides the tabernacle furniture was to be anointed with the holy oil?

    Answer: C. Aaron and his sonsExodus 30:30
    And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Answer key

  1. B. Aaron's (Numbers 17:8)
  2. A. Moses (Leviticus 8:6-15)
  3. A. A bull calf (Leviticus 9:2)
  4. A. Seven days (Leviticus 8:33)
  5. A. The glory of the Lord appeared to all the people (Leviticus 9:23)
  6. C. Eleazar (Numbers 20:28)
  7. B. I threw gold into the fire, and out came this calf (Exodus 32:24)
  8. C. Aaron and his sons (Numbers 3:9)
  9. B. Fire (Leviticus 9:24)
  10. A. His brother Aaron (Exodus 4:14)
  11. C. Blood from the ram (Leviticus 8:23)
  12. C. A plague (Exodus 32:35)
  13. B. An everlasting priesthood (Exodus 40:15)
  14. A. To bear the guilt involved in the sacred gifts (Exodus 28:38)
  15. D. You have gone too far! The whole community is holy. (Numbers 16:3)
  16. C. So that he would not die (Leviticus 16:2)
  17. D. Sacred linen tunic and undergarments (Leviticus 16:4)
  18. C. Aaron and his sons (the priests) (Numbers 18:1)
  19. B. Manna, Aaron's staff, and the stone tablets (Hebrews 9:4)
  20. True (Numbers 20:23-28)
  21. A. Fire from the Lord consumed them (Leviticus 10:1-2)
  22. D. Miriam and Aaron (Numbers 12:1)
  23. D. Aaron and Hur (Exodus 17:12)
  24. B. Aaron (Numbers 20:29)
  25. B. Phinehas (1 Chronicles 6:4)
  26. A. The Urim and Thummim (Exodus 28:30)
  27. True (1 Chronicles 6:49)
  28. C. Eleazar and Ithamar (Leviticus 10:12)
  29. D. Let my people go (Exodus 5:1)
  30. D. In a pillar of cloud (Numbers 12:5)
  31. D. 40th year (Numbers 33:38)
  32. True (Exodus 7:7)
  33. A. 123 years (Numbers 33:39)
  34. B. Because he rebelled against God's command at the waters of Meribah (Numbers 20:24)
  35. A. Aaron and Hur (Exodus 24:14)
  36. True (Exodus 6:23)
  37. C. Aaron (Psalms 133:2)
  38. A. To consecrate the most holy things and burn incense (1 Chronicles 23:13)
  39. B. Gods to go before them (Acts 7:40)
  40. D. He stood between the dead and the living with a censer (Numbers 16:46-48)
  41. C. One leader from each tribe (Numbers 1:4)
  42. B. Before the Testimony (Ark) (Numbers 17:10)
  43. C. consecrated (Psalms 106:16)
  44. B. The fat (around the entrails) (Exodus 29:13)
  45. C. Ithamar son of Aaron (Exodus 38:21)
  46. B. Mount Hor (Numbers 20:22)
  47. C. Aaron and his sons (Exodus 30:30)
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Who was Aaron?

Aaron was the brother of Moses and Miriam, from the tribe of Levi, and three years older than Moses (Exodus 7:7). When Moses said he was slow of speech, God made Aaron his spokesman (Exodus 4:14–16). Together they stood before Pharaoh, and Aaron's rod became a serpent that swallowed the rods of the Egyptian magicians (Exodus 7:10–12).

God chose Aaron and his sons to serve as priests, and Aaron became Israel's first high priest, dressed in holy garments with a breastplate bearing the names of the twelve tribes. But while Moses was on Mount Sinai, Aaron gave in to the people and made a golden calf (Exodus 32:1–4). Later his rod budded, blossomed and yielded almonds, showing that God had chosen him (Numbers 17:8). Aaron died on Mount Hor, and Israel mourned him for thirty days (Numbers 20:28–29).

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