Bible Strands
Exodus 6:25
Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses records this genealogy during the Exodus commissioning narrative, positioned between the listing of Korah’s descendants and the divine command for Aaron and Moses to deliver Israel.
The words — la.kach (he took) records Eleazar’s marriage to Putiel’s daughter, and Te.led (and she bore) notes her delivery of Phinehas.
The thread — This lineage reappears in Numbers 25:7 and Numbers 31:6, while Joshua 24:33 documents Eleazar’s burial at Gibeah, a town allotted to Phinehas.
Why it lands — The text establishes the documented priestly succession from Aaron through Eleazar to Phinehas, requiring the reader to acknowledge the recorded continuity of Levitical leadership before the Exodus mission commences.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Joshua 24:33 Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Numbers 25:7 On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
- Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
- Joshua 22:13 The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 22:31 Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”
- Judges 20:28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
- Psalms 106:30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.