Ben Mordecai
Puritan Board Freshman
Aaron personally fashioned an idol. After being confronted about it, he lied, "I threw it in the fire and this calf came out" and he blame shifted, "These people are stubborn".
It seems like Aaron suffered no consequences for this. The people did when Moses had the people kill one another for it. Later on, Aaron's sons would be killed for offering strange fire. As bad as that offering was, it seems to be a comparably lesser offense than fashioning an idol.
I am struggling to understand why Aaron would have been allowed to remain the high priest and have faced no apparent consequences for this behavior.
It seems like Aaron suffered no consequences for this. The people did when Moses had the people kill one another for it. Later on, Aaron's sons would be killed for offering strange fire. As bad as that offering was, it seems to be a comparably lesser offense than fashioning an idol.
I am struggling to understand why Aaron would have been allowed to remain the high priest and have faced no apparent consequences for this behavior.