THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
However, the wise Jesus and Eleazar dispatched Phinehas, who was fervently opposed to evil in the wilderness, to call to mind his forebears and the blessings of God, and to put an end to the wrongdoing that was taking place.
Joshua 22:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And in the mean time they sent to them into the land of Galaad, Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest,
וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֧ן וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָ֛ד וְאֶל־חֲצִ֥י שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֑ד אֶת־פִּינְחָ֖ס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָ֥ר הַכֹּהֵֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 25:7And when Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up from the midst of the multitude, and taking a dagger,
- Ps 106 (105):30
- Ps 106 (105):31
- Judg 20:28And Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was over the house. So they consulted the Lord, and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin, our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands.
- Ex 6:25But Eleazar the son of Aaron took a wife of the daughters of Phutiel: and she bore him Phinees. These are the heads of the Levitical families by their kindreds.
- Prov 20:18Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
- Num 25:11Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned away my wrath from the children of Israel: because he was moved with my zeal against them, that I myself might not destroy the children of Israel in my zeal.
- Num 25:13And the covenant of the priesthood for ever shall be both to him and his seed, because he hath been zealous for his God, and hath made atonement for the wickedness of the children of Israel.