Eleazar
Sign in to saveEleazar (; ) or Elazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died. He was a nephew of Moses.
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- Saint.name
- Eleazar
- Saint.image
- Facial Chronicle - b.02, p.187 - Eleazar receiving trophies.jpg
- Saint.caption
- Eleazar receiving trophies
- Saint.death_place
- Judea
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchArmenian Apostolic ChurchIslam
- Saint.feast_day
- 2 September (Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)30 July (Armenian Apostolic Church)
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- Facial Chronicle - b.02, p.187 - Eleazar receiving trophies.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1192-00-00
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- Eleazar
- date of death
- 1100-00-00
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Eleazar (; ) or Elazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died. He was a nephew of Moses.
==Biblical narrative== Eleazar played a number of roles during the course of the Exodus, from creating the plating for the altar from the firepans of Korah's assembly, to performing the ritual of the red heifer. After the death of his older brothers Nadab and Abihu, he and his younger brother Ithamar were put in charge of the sanctuary. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas, who would eventually succeed him as High Priest of Israel.