Eleazar(eleazer)
“God has helped (same as Lazarus)”
Summary
Most prominently, Aaron's third son who succeeded him as high priest and served through the conquest of Canaan; the name is also borne by several other men in Scripture including one of David's mighty men.
☩Eleazar the High Priest
Eleazar was Aaron's third son by Elisheba, a descendant of Judah. After his older brothers Nadab and Abihu died without children for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord, Eleazar became the chief of the Levites with oversight of those who guarded the sanctuary. He ministered as a priest during his father's lifetime. Immediately before Aaron's death, Moses took Eleazar up Mount Hor and invested him with his father's sacred garments, officially installing him as high priest. He served alongside Moses in numbering the people and with Joshua in dividing the land of Canaan. The high priesthood continued in his descendants until it passed to Eli of Ithamar's line, but was later restored to Eleazar's line through Zadok in Solomon's time.
☩Other Men Named Eleazar
Several other biblical figures bear this name. Abinadab's son Eleazar was set apart to keep the ark at Kirjath-jearim after its return from Philistia. Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite was one of David's three chief mighty men, distinguished for his valor. A Merarite Levite named Eleazar, son of Mahli, had only daughters who married their cousins. Other Eleazars include a priest at Nehemiah's dedication of the wall, a son of Parosh who put away his foreign wife, a Levite son of Phinehas, and an ancestor of Joseph (Mary's husband) mentioned in Matthew's genealogy.
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References
- 1.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Eleazar," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Eleazar," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 3.George Morrish, "Eleazar," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).