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Eleazar |
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An understudy must know the lead role completely and be willing to step
into it at a moment’s notice. Eleazar was an excellent understudy, well
trained for his eventual leading role. However, his moments in the
spotlight were painful. On one occasion, he watched his two older brothers
burn to death for failing to take God’s holiness seriously. Later, as
his father was dying, he was made high priest, surely one of the most
responsible—and therefore potentially most stressful—positions in
Israel.
An understudy benefits from having both the script and a human model of the role. Ever since childhood, Eleazar had been able to observe Moses and Aaron. Now he could learn from watching Joshua. In addition, he had God’s laws to guide him as he worked as priest and adviser to Joshua. 1- Strengths and accomplishments
2- Lessons from his life
3- Vital statistics
4- Key verses "Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor on the border of the land of Edom, ‘The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death.… Now take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor. There you will remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on Eleazar, his son’" (Numbers 20:23–26). Eleazar is mentioned in Exodus 6:23; Leviticus 10:16–20; Numbers 3:1–4; 4:16; 16:36–40; 20:25–29; 26:1–4, 63; 27:2, 15–23; 32:2; 34:17; Deuteronomy 10:6; Joshua 14:1; 17:4; 24:33.
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Eleazar 1. Third son of Aaron and Elisheba (a descendant of Judah through Pharez). He succeeded as chief of the Levites on the death of Nadab and Abihu, and on the death of his father became high priest. He took part with Moses in numbering the people and with Joshua in the allotment of the land. The priesthood continued in his house until it passed to Eli who was of the family of Ithamar; Solomon restored it again to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok. #Ex 6:23,25 Le 10:6-16 Nu 3:2,4,32 20:25-28 26:1,3,60,63 27:19-22 31:6-54 De 10:6 Jos 14:1 1Ch 6:3,4,50. 2. The third son of Aaron #Ex 6:23 His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas #Ex 6:25 After the death of Nadab and Abihu #Le 10:12 Nu 3:4 he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary #Nu 3:32 On Mount Hor he was clothed with the sacred vestments, which Moses took from off his brother Aaron and put upon him as successor to his father in the high priest’s office, which he held for more than twenty years #Nu 20:25-29 He took part with Moses in numbering the people #Nu 26:3,4 and assisted at the inauguration of Joshua. He assisted in the distribution of the land after the conquest #Jos 14:1 The high-priesthood remained in his family till the time of Eli, into whose family it passed, till it was restored to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok #1Sa 2:35 comp. #1Ki 2:27 "And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son" #Jos 24:33 The word here rendered "hill" is Gibeah, the name of several towns in Palestine which were generally on or near a hill. The words may be more suitably rendered, "They buried him in Gibeah of Phinehas," i.e., in the city of Phinehas, which has been identified, in accordance with Jewish and Samaritan traditions, with Kefr Ghuweirah=’ Awertah, about 7 miles north of Shiloh, and a few miles south-east of Nablus. "His tomb is still shown there, overshadowed by venerable terebinths." Others, however, have identified it with the village of Gaba or Gebena of Eusebius, the modern Khurbet Jibia, 05 miles north of Guphna towards Nablus. |