Aaron (Nephite)

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According to the Book of Mormon, Aaron was a Nephite missionary and one of the sons of King Mosiah.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Keith |title=AARON, SON OF MOSIAH IN THE BOOK OF MORMON |url=https://bookofmormononline.com/1575/aaron-son-of-mosiah-in-the-book-of-mormon |website=Book of Mormon Online |access-date=6 January 2022}} He was also a brother to the prophet Ammon.{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=George |title=A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon |date=1891 |publisher=Joseph Hyrum Perry |location=Salt Lake City |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_Book_of_Mormon/Aaron |access-date=6 January 2022}} As related in the Book of Mormon narrative, Aaron and his three brothers (Ammon, Omner, and Himni), left their father, and his people, to travel to the land of the Lamanites in order to preach the gospel to them.{{sourcetext|source=Book of Mormon|version=1981|book=Alma|chapter=17|verse=6|range=-8}}

During their sojourn there, Aaron was imprisoned and beaten,{{sourcetext|source=Book of Mormon|version=1981|book=Alma|chapter=21|verse=13|range=-14}} but eventually aided in the conversion of thousands of Lamanites, who later became the Anti-Nephi-Lehies.{{sourcetext|source=Book of Mormon|version=1981|book=Alma|chapter=23}}