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Phinehas Scripture - Joshua 22:31

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD [is] among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD....

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Phinehas Scripture - Joshua 22:32

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again....

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Phinehas Scripture - Numbers 25:11

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy....

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Phinehas in Wikipedia

Phinehas or Pinhas (Hebrew: פִּינְחָס, Modern Pinəḥas Tiberian Pînəħās) was a Jewish High Priest, the grandson of Aaron, and son of Eleazar the High Priest (Exodus 6:25 ), who distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim by his zeal against the Heresy of Peor: the immorality with which the Moabites and Midianites had successfully tempted the pe...

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Phinehas in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

fin'-e-as, -az, fin'-e-has, -haz (pinechac, "mouth of brass"): (1) Son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Ex 6:25; compare 1 Ch 6:4; Ezr 7:5, where he is seen to be an ancestor of Ezra). He took a leading part in cleansing Israel from whoredom at Shittim. He there punished the brazen licentiousness of Zimri, prince of Sirecon, by slaying both ...

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Phinehas in Naves Topical Bible

-High priest Ex 6:25; 1Ch 6:4,50 -Religious zeal of, in killing the Israelitish woman who had committed abomination Nu 25:7-15; Ps 106:30 -Chief of the Korahite Levites 1Ch 9:19,20 -Sent to sound the trumpets in the battle with the Midianites Nu 31:6 -Sent, with other princes of the Israelites west of the Jordan River to inquire of the ...

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Phinehas in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(mouth of brass). 1. Son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron. Ex 6:25 He is memorable for having while quite a youth, by his zeal and energy at the critical moment of the licentious idolatry of Shittim, appeased the divine wrath, and put a stop to the plague which was destroying the nation. Nu 25:7 (B.C. 1452.) For this he was rewarded by the sp...

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Phinehas in Hitchcock's Bible Names

bold aspect; face of trust or protection...

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Phinehas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

mouth of brass, or from old Egypt, the negro. (1.) Son of Eleazar, the high priest (Ex. 6:25). While yet a youth he distinguished himself at Shittim by his zeal against the immorality into which the Moabites had tempted the people (Num. 25:1-9), and thus "stayed the plague" that had broken out among the people, and by which twenty-four tho...

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Phinehas in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

An Egyptian name in the time of Rameses II. 1. Eleazar's son; Aaron's grandson (Exodus 6:25). His mother was of Putiel's daughters. By his zeal in avenging the Lord's cause on the Simeonitc prince Zimri, and Cosbi his Midianite paramour, Phinehas turned away Jehovah's wrath, making an atonement for Israel, and was given Jehovah's covenant of...

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