Question:
Did Aaron actually do all the speaking and signs, if so, why did Yahweh involve Moses at all? Why wouldn't he go straight to Aaron? After all, we see Yahweh speaking directly to Aaron when he tells him to meet up with Moses. Also, at the beginning of Exodus, when Yahweh assured Moses that He would be with him and give him the words he needed, was Yahweh referring to Aaron? Or was Yahweh going to use Moses alone and speak through him, but when Moses kept arguing, Yahweh then finally said, "OK, fine, im sending Aaron because you are being stubborn."Answer:
Aaron was like “training wheels” for Moses. Moses’ faith in God was so weak he used his speech impediment as an excuse to try to get out of his divine mission … and God reluctantly involved Aaron to bolster Moses’ wimpy faith. It becomes clear later on that Moses is God’s guy and not Aaron. Aaron fails several times. Aaron might also have been a witness to the elders and Israel that Moses wasn’t just making this up about his calling from Yahweh.To see how Yahweh felt about Moses and Aaron, see this cool story in Numbers 12, when Moses marries a Cushite (Probably a black African woman). When Aaron grumbles about Moses with their sister, here's what God says:
“Hear now My words: If there's a prophet among you, I, YAHWEH, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses: He is faithful in all My household; with him I speak mouth to mouth, even openly, and not in dark sayings, and he beholds YAHWEH's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?”
Yikes!
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