Brief information about Moses and Aaron
In the book of Exodus, God begins the process leading to the redemption of the Jewish people from eternal Egypt and God first tells Moses that it is very important for him and the Jewish people to show the same faith in God as the patriarchs did when He appeared (Va'eira in Hebrew) to them.
After some additional preparations, God then began to attack the Egyptians with a plague and God then reviewed the genealogy of Moses and Aaron.
Because their lineage was an important factor for the Jews to accept them as leaders.
Moses was the transmitter of the Torah that he received from God and the aspect of Moses in our lives in studying God's Torah and carrying out God's commands.
Aaron was the first high priest and the Aaronic aspect of our lives is prayer, because prayer reaches God like the sacrifices offered by the priests.
The Torah sometimes mentions Moses before Aaron and sometimes mentions Aaron before Moses.
This teaches us that sometimes we need to study the Torah first or fulfill some of the commandments first, in order to have a good relationship with God in prayer.
At other times, we may need to connect with God through prayer before studying the Torah or fulfilling God's commandments, to learn or act in selfless devotion to God.
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