Eleazar 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.
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Eleazar 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.
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And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
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And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.
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Passages linked to Exodus 6:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 24:33 Eleazar 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.
- Numbers 25:7-13 When 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. He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel. Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “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 consume the children of Israel in my jealousy. Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace. It shall be to him, and to his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”
- Numbers 31:6 Moses 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 hand.
- Joshua 22:13 The 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 22:31-32 Phinehas 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 committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of Yahweh’s hand.” Phinehas 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 children of Israel, and brought them word again.
- Judges 20:28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?” Yahweh said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.”
- Psalms 106:30-31 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 6:25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him [one]…
Exo 6:25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him [one] of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these [are] the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
Ver. 25. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites.] And particularly of Moses, concerning whose original, heathen writers, but especially Taeitus - whom therefore Tertullian calleth, mendsdorum loquacissimum, a loud and lewd liar - telleth many untruths. This "the Scripture foresaw," as Gal 3:8.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass on the day when…
And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt. This verse depends upon the following for the sense of it, which shows what it was the Lord said to Moses in the day he spake to him in Egypt, when he was come thither, which is as follows:
And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt. This verse depends upon the following for the sense of it, which shows what it was the Lord said to Moses in the day he spake to him in Egypt, when he was come thither, which is as follows:
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Exodus 6:29
exo 6:29
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exo 6:29And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord,.... See Exo 6:2,
speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee; that he let Israel go; and that in case of refusal, that he would punish him and his people with this and the other plague, one after another, and at last slay him and their firstborn.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. Phinehas] Of the celebrated act of this…
Verse 25. Phinehas] Of the celebrated act of this person, and the most honourable grant made to him and his posterity, see Nu 25:7-13.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. The family of Aaron’s son, Eleazar (v. 23).
25. The family of Aaron’s son, Eleazar (v. 23).
Puṭiel] not mentioned elsewhere. Seemingly ‘an Egyptian name, of a type very common from b.c. 1000 onward, but with the Heb. El, “God,” instead of the name of an Egyptian deity, meaning “He whom God gave” ’ (F. Ll. Griffith); cf. Poṭiphar = ‘He whom Ra gave’ (see DB. iv. 22).
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Phineḥas] See Num_25:7-13 (P) [cf. Psa_106:30], Exo_31:6; Jos_22:13; Jos_22:30-32; Jos_24:33; Eleazar’s successor in the priesthood, Jdg_20:28. The name, like that of his grandfather, may be of Egyptian origin, and signify ‘the negro’ (i.e. the Ethiopian, Jer_13:23). The name (Pi-neḥas) is very common in Egyptian (EB. iii. 3304).
heads of the fathers] for ‘heads of the fathers’ houses’ (v. 14); so Num_31:26; Num_32:28; Num_36:1, Jos_14:1; Jos_19:51; Jos_21:1 (all P); and frequently in Chr. Ezr. Neh.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) According to their families.—The genealogy proper here ends.…
(25) According to their families.—The genealogy proper here ends. But the author appends to it an emphatic statement that the Moses and Aaron mentioned in it (Exo_6:20; Exo_6:23) are the very Moses and Aaron appointed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt—the very Moses and Aaron who delivered God’s message to Pharaoh (Exo_6:26-27).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Eleazar took him one of the daughters of Putiel…
Eleazar took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife. Putiel is not elsewhere mentioned. The name is thought to be half Egyptian (compare Poti-phar) and to mean "dedicated to God." She bare him Phinehas. This Phinehas became high priest on the death of Eleazar. (Jud_1:20:28) The heads of the fathom i.e. "the patriarchal chiefs."
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