Num 20:28; 26:1
Eleazar (Heb. ‘El’âzâr, “God has helped”; also appears on a 6th century BC seal impression from Lachish; on a 1st century AD ossuary on the Mount of Olives, and on a Jewish contract between the Dead Sea Scrolls; gr. Eleazár). 1. Third son of Aaron (Exo 6:23; Num 3:2). He served as a priest with his father and brothers during their wilderness wanderings (Exo 28:1, 43; Num 3:4; 16:39; 19:3). He outlived his older brothers, whom God killed when they offered strange fire (Lev 10:1-7), and was divinely appointed high priest when his father died (Num 20:25-28; cf Deu 10 : 6). He took part in the division of the promised land (Jos 14:1). He was buried near the house of his son Phinehas, who succeeded him as high priest (24:33; Jdg 20:28). Eleazar was the ancestor of the Zadokite priests, who in Solomon’s time had predominance over the family of Abiathar, who descended from Ithamar, Eleazar’s younger brother (1Ch 6:3-15; 1Ki 2:26, 27, 35). 2. Son of Abinadab. He was entrusted with the ark while it was in his father’s house, after it had been returned by the Philistines in the days of Samuel (1Sa 7:1). 3. The mighty man of David, the son of Dodo the Ahohite (2Sa 23:9; 1Ch 11:12). 4. A Levite from the family of Merari who died without male children. The inheritance was kept in the family by the marriage of his daughters with relatives within the same tribe (1Ch 3:21, 22), according to Mosaic rules (Num 36: 6-9). 5. Priest who was an official of the temple treasury at the time of Ezra (Ezr 8:33). 6. Member of the Paros family. He was married to a foreign woman at the time of Ezra (Ezr 10:19, 25). 7. Priest who took part in the inauguration ceremonies of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah (Neh 12:42). 8. Member of the tribe of Judah that appears in the genealogy of Jesus Christ given by Matthew (Mat 1:15).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., †™chance†™God has helped).
1. The third son of Aaron (Exo 6:23). After the death of the two oldest sons, Nadab and Abihu (Lev 10:1-2), Eleazar was appointed high priest (Num 3:32). He ministered before the Lord with Itamar, his brother, helping his father. But the Lord assigned Eleazar special tasks: gathering the 250 censers offered to the Lord by rebellious men and hammering them into sheets to cover the altar (Num 16:36-39) and conducting the ceremony involving the red heifer (Num 19:3- 4). When Aaron died, Eleazar was the high priest (Num 20:28). He helped Moses count the people (Num 26:1-2), divide the booty after the slaughter of the Midianites (Num 31:13-54), and allocate the land to the tribes east of the Jordan (Num 32: 28). He was divinely assigned to help Joshua divide the Promised Land among the tribes (Num 34:17; Josh 14:1; Josh 19:51). His only son was Phinehas (1Ch 6:4).
Eleazar died shortly after Joshua’s death (Jos 24:33).
2. The son of Abinadab who was sanctified to guard the ark after it had been taken to his father’s house (1Sa 7:1).
3. Son of Dodo, one of David’s three mighty men, who won a great victory over the Philistines (2Sa 23:9-10; 1Ch 11:12-14).
4. A son of Mahli who had no children (2Sa 23:21-22; 2Sa 24:28).
5. Son of Phinehas, a Levite, one of the group to whom Ezra gave the temple treasures to control and store for the temple (Ezr 8:32-34).
6. A priest who participated in the ceremony to dedicate the wall (Neh 12:42).
7. An ancestor of Joseph, the husband of Mary (Mat 1:15).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God has helped). Name of people from the OT.
1. Son and successor of Aaron. Father of †¢Phinees. He was consecrated a priest along with his father and brothers (Exo 28:1). He witnessed the death of his brothers † ¢ Nadab and † ¢ Abiu, who offered Jehovah † œstrange fire †, leaving E. and his brother † ¢ Ithamar as priests with Aaron (Lev 10: 1-7; Num 3:4; Deu 10:6). E. and †¢Itamar made a sacrifice of atonement without eating its meat †œin a holy place† . At Moses’ protest, Aaron explained that they were confused by mourning because of what happened to their other sons (Lev 10:16-20). E. was appointed “chief of those who have the care of the sanctuary” (Num 3:32), which included responsibility for “the whole tabernacle and everything that is in it, the sanctuary and its utensils” (Num 4 :16). When Aaron was to die, God commanded Moses to give E. his garment as his father’s successor (Num 20: 25-28). The command to take a census was given by God to Moses and E. (Num 26:1-2). After the war against †¢Midian, E. established laws about what had to be done with the booty (Num 31:21-31, Num 31:50-54). Once they entered Canaan, E. participated with Joshua in the division of the land (Jos 14:1; Jos 21:1). E. died shortly after Joshua. He was buried † œon the hill of Phinehas his son, who was given to him on mount Ephraim † (Jos 24:33).
. Levite of Kiriath-jearim. In her father’s house † ¢ Abinadab left the ark after the Philistines returned it. E. was temporarily “consecrated” to take charge of the ark (1Sa 7:1).
. One of David’s mighty men. On one occasion he † † † smote the Philistines until his hand grew weary, and it clung to the sword † (2Sa 23:9-10; 1Ch 11:12).
. Levite. Son of Mahli. He had no sons but daughters (1Ch 23:21-22).
. Priest in the time of Ezra who helped receive “the silver, the gold, and the utensils” into the house of God upon his return from exile (Ezra 8:33).
. Character from the time of Ezra. He was one of those who had married foreign women and were forced to separate from them (Ezra 10:25).
. Priest who participated in the commemoration on the occasion of the restoration of the wall in the time of Nehemiah (Neh 12:42).
. Character in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus. Son of Eliud (Matt 1:15).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, BIOG SACE HOMB HOAT HONT
vet, = “God has helped”. (a) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23) and father of Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). With his brothers and his father he was consecrated a priest and later acted as such (Lev. 10: 6-20; Num. 3:32; 20: 25-28; Josh. 24:33; Jud. 20: 28). (b) Name of seven other characters (1 Chr. 23:21; 1 Sam. 7:1; 2 Sam. 23:9; Ezra 8:33; 10:25; Neh. 12:48; Mt. 1: fifteen).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
(God Has Helped).
1. Third son mentioned by name of the high priest Aaron with his wife Elisheba. He was from the family of Kohath, the son of Levi. (Ex 6:16, 18, 20, 23; Nu 3: 2) When Moses installed the priesthood of Israel, Aaron and his sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar—constituted that priesthood. (Le 8.)
In the second year after leaving Egypt, when the tabernacle had already been erected, Eleazar is listed as the chief of the Levites. (Nu 1: 1; 3:32) By this time he must have been at least thirty years old, since he was performing priestly duties. (Nu 4:3.)
Eleazar was one of those who were over twenty years of age when they left Egypt and entered the Promised Land. Since he was from the tribe of Levi, he was not included in God’s condemnation against the other twelve tribes, namely that none twenty years of age or older would enter the Promised Land, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb. The tribe of Levi had no representative among the twelve spies, ten of whom brought bad reports, and there is no indication that there were any Levites among the faithless rebels who murmured against Jehovah. (Nu 13:4-16; 14:26-30.)
Shortly after the dedication of the tabernacle and the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priesthood (Le 8), Nadab and Abihu offered illegitimate fire to Jehovah and were killed by fire from Him. (Le 10:1, 2 ; Nu 3:2-4) Aaron continued with his two faithful sons—Eleazar and Ithamar—in the priesthood. When the duties related to the care of the sanctuary were divided, it fell to Eleazar to oversee the tabernacle with its utensils, the constant offering of grain, oil, and incense. (Nu 4:16) At Jehovah’s command, Eleazar collected the copper braziers that Korah and the other rebels (none of whom were priests) had used to offer incense to Jehovah, pretending to perform priestly functions. These braziers were made into thin metal sheets that were later used to line the altar. (Nu 16:37-40) Eleazar officiated at the red heifer sin offering that provided the ashes for the cleansing of certain cases of uncleanness. (Nu 19:2, 3; Heb 9:13)
After the Israelites fought the Midianites to punish them for the “Peor matter,” Eleazar helped them divide the spoil they had taken from the Midianites and declare God’s statute regarding the spoils. (Nu 31:6, 21-41.)
For his zealous action in favor of pure worship when Israel sinned in relation to the Baal of Peor, Jehovah rewarded Phinehas, son of Eleazar and one of the daughters of Putiel, with a covenant of peace in addition to the priesthood covenant that Jehovah had made with the tribe of Levi. (Nu 25:1-13; Ex 6:25.)
He becomes high priest. In the fortieth year of wandering in the wilderness, when Aaron died at the age of one hundred and twenty-three, Eleazar, then in his seventies, became high priest. (Nu 33:37-39) Thus, he was the first high priest of Israel to officiate in the Promised Land when the Israelites entered it approximately eight months later. (Nu 20:25-28; De 10:6; Jos 4:19) Joshua had to stand before Eleazar to be named Moses’ successor, and Eleazar had to support Joshua as appointed leader, conveying to him the decisions of Moses. Jehovah on questions of importance according to the judgment of the Urim and Thummim. (Nu 27:18-23) Eleazar also worked with Joshua in the distribution of the Promised Land after the conquest of Canaan. (Jos 14:1; 21:1-3)
Head of the largest priestly house. Exactly when Eleazar died is not stated in the Scriptures, but it appears to have been shortly before or shortly after Joshua’s death. Eleazar was succeeded by his son Phinehas. (Jos 24:29, 30, 33; Jg 20:27, 28) Zeal for the true worship of Jehovah was a characteristic trait of Eleazar; moreover, he carried the priesthood with honor until the day of his death. Jewish tradition states that when the tabernacle was in Shiloh, there were sixteen successive priests, eight from Eleazar’s family and eight from his brother Ithamar’s. However, in David’s time there were more “men at the head” of Eleazar’s family than of Ithamar’s; therefore, David made sixteen priestly divisions from the house of Eleazar and eight from the house of Ithamar, that is, a total of twenty-four divisions that later served in turn in the temple. (1Ch 24:1-4.)
2. Son of Abinadab who was sanctified to guard the sacred Ark when it was brought to his father’s house in Quiryat-jearim after the Philistines returned it. (1Sa 7:1, 2)
3. Son of Dodó the Ahohite; one of the three men…