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Eleazar and Joshua
How Eleazar and Joshua are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Eleazar and Joshua stood together.
Joshua was commissioned before Eleazar the priest, who was to ask counsel of the Lord for him. In Canaan the two divided the land by lot among the tribes.
he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him
Numbers 27:21, King James Version
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun
Joshua 19:51, King James Version
Where they cross: Joshua 14:1
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Numbers 27:21
21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
Joshua 14:1
1And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
Joshua 19:51
51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
King James Version