Eleazar
אֶלְעָזָר · el.a.zar · H0499G“help of God, court of God; God, the God of Israel” Hitchcock's 186961 mentions in 8 books, most in Numbers (34)
Who he was
Eleazar, the son of Aaron, is prominently featured in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and 1 Chronicles. He was the third son of Aaron and Elisheba (Exo.6.23,25) and was consecrated as a priest along with his brothers (Exodus 28:1). After the deaths of his older brothers, Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:1–2), Eleazar became the chief priest under his father (Numbers 3:32). He assisted Moses in the census (Num.26.1,3,63) and the allocation of lands to the tribes (Num.32.2,28; 34.17; Jos.14.1; 17.4; 19.51). Eleazar succeeded Aaron as high priest (Numbers 20:25–28; Deuteronomy 10:6) and served in that role during the conquest of Canaan (Jos.21.1; 22.13,31,32). He played a key role in the distribution of the Levitical cities (Joshua 21:1) and died during the time of Joshua (Joshua 24:33). His descendants continued to serve as priests (Judges 20:28; 1Ch.6.3-4,50; 9.20; 24.1-6; Ezra 7:5).
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Exodus3 mentions
Exodus 6:23Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Exodus 6:25Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.Exodus 28:1“Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office: Aaron, with Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and…
Leviticus3 mentions
Leviticus 10:6Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, “Don’t let the hair of your heads go loose, and don’t tear your clothes, so that you don’t die, and so that he will not be…Leviticus 10:12Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, “Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside…Leviticus 10:16Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned. He was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
Numbers34 mentions
Numbers 3:2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Numbers 3:4Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office…Numbers 3:32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.Numbers 4:16“The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the…Numbers 16:37“Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy,Numbers 16:39Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,Numbers 19:3You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face.Numbers 19:4Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.Numbers 20:25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;Numbers 20:26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.”Numbers 20:28Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.Numbers 25:7When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the middle of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.Numbers 25:11“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t…Numbers 26:1After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,Numbers 26:3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,Numbers 26:60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Numbers 26:63These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.Numbers 27:2They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,Numbers 27:19Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.Numbers 27:21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he…Numbers 27:22Moses did as Yahweh commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.Numbers 31:6Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his…Numbers 31:12They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which…Numbers 31:13Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.Numbers 31:21Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses.Numbers 31:26“Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;Numbers 31:29Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering.Numbers 31:31Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses.Numbers 31:41Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.Numbers 31:51Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels.Numbers 31:54Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.Numbers 32:2Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,Numbers 32:28So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel.Numbers 34:17“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Joshua8 mentions
Joshua 14:1These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of…Joshua 17:4They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore according to the…Joshua 19:51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by…Joshua 21:1Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.Joshua 22:13The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.Joshua 22:31Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, “Today we know that Yahweh is among us, because you have not…Joshua 22:32Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the…Joshua 24:33Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
1 Chronicles10 mentions
1 Chronicles 6:3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.1 Chronicles 6:4Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,1 Chronicles 6:50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,1 Chronicles 9:20Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.1 Chronicles 24:1These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.1 Chronicles 24:2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.1 Chronicles 24:3David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.1 Chronicles 24:4There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and they were divided like this: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses…1 Chronicles 24:5Thus they were divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the sanctuary and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.1 Chronicles 24:6Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the…
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