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Eleazar and Levi
How Eleazar and Levi are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Levi was an ancestor of Eleazar.
Eleazar was Levi's great-great-grandson, through Kohath, Amram and Aaron. He was made "chief over the chief of the Levites" with oversight of the sanctuary.
these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath
Exodus 6:16, King James Version
And the sons of Kohath; Amram
Exodus 6:18, King James Version
she bare him Aaron and Moses
Exodus 6:20, King James Version
she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar
Exodus 6:23, King James Version
Where they cross: Numbers 3:32
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Exodus 6:16
16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:18
18And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
Exodus 6:20
20And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:23
23And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Numbers 3:32
32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
King James Version