Traces
Aaron and Phinehas
How Aaron and Phinehas are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Aaron was an ancestor of Phinehas.
Phinehas was Aaron's grandson through Eleazar. For turning away the Lord's wrath from Israel he was given "the covenant of an everlasting priesthood".
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest
Numbers 25:7, King James Version
Where they cross: Numbers 25:10-13
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Numbers 25:7
7And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
Numbers 25:10-13
10And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
11Phinehas, 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.
12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
King James Version