7 others in the registry answer to the name Eleazar. Every Eleazar in the Bible
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Eleazar
אֶלְעָזָר
Eleazar was the son of Aaron and served as high priest after his father's death.
- verses
- 61
- first named
- Exodus 6:23
- last named
- Ezra 7:5
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Eleazar?
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 (Exo.28.1). After the deaths of his older brothers, Nadab and Abihu (Lev.10.1-2), Eleazar became the chief priest under his father (Num.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 (Num.20.25-28; Deu.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 (Jos.21.1) and died during the time of Joshua (Jos.24.33). His descendants continued to serve as priests (Jdg.20.28; 1Ch.6.3-4,50; 9.20; 24.1-6; Ezr.7.5).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.
Ancestor of
Child of
- AaronregistryExodus 6:23Exodus 6:25Numbers 3:4 +15
- ElishebaregistryExodus 6:23
Father of
- PhinehasregistryExodus 6:25Joshua 22:32Joshua 24:33 +8
Partner of
- daughter of PutielregistryExodus 6:25
Sibling of
Stands in the same events as
- Moses19 events
- Joshua10 events
- Israel8 events
- Aaron7 events
- Ithamar4 events
- Priest3 events
- Jordan3 events
- Canaan3 events
- Abihu3 events
- Nadab3 events
- Levi2 events
- Reuben2 events
and 35 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Eleazar is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
61 verses across 8 of 66 books; 58 write the name nowhere. Named in Exodus (3), Leviticus (3), Numbers (34), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (8), Judges (1), 1 Chronicles (10) and Ezra (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 61, across 8 books. The name is written 63 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Exodus 6Eleazar married a daughter of Putiel and became the father of Phinehas.
- Exodus 28Eleazar was brought with Aaron’s sons to serve as a priest and was given the garments appointed for Aaron’s sons.
- Leviticus 10Eleazar remains at the Tent of Meeting under Moses’ instruction and is later questioned about the burned sin offering.
- Numbers 3Eleazar served as priest and oversaw those responsible for the sanctuary’s duties.
- Numbers 4Eleazar oversaw the oil, incense, offerings, anointing oil, and the tabernacle with its holy objects and utensils.
- Numbers 16Eleazar removes the censers from the flames and has them hammered into sheets to overlay the altar.
- Numbers 19Eleazar receives the heifer, sprinkles its blood toward the Tent of Meeting, and oversees its burning outside the camp.
- Numbers 20Eleazar climbed Mount Hor, received Aaron’s priestly garments, and came down from the mountain with Moses.
9 more chapters, from Numbers 26 to 1 Chronicles 24
- Numbers 26Eleazar joined Moses in issuing the census and counting the Israelites.
- Numbers 27Eleazar stood before the congregation and was appointed to seek counsel for Joshua before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim.
- Numbers 31Eleazar accompanies the army’s return, gives the soldiers instructions about purification, and receives the tribute and gold.
- Deuteronomy 10Eleazar succeeds Aaron as priest.
- Joshua 14Eleazar helped distribute the inheritances among the tribes of Israel.
- Joshua 21Eleazar received the Levites’ request at Shiloh alongside Joshua and the tribal heads.
- Joshua 24Eleazar son of Aaron dies and is buried at Gibeah.
- 1 Chronicles 6Eleazar was named as the father of Phinehas and the beginning of the long priestly succession.
- 1 Chronicles 24Eleazar served as a priest, and his descendants supplied sixteen family heads for the division.
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