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<p> '''Phin'ehas.''' ''(mouth of brass).'' </p> <p> 1. Son of Eleazar, and grandson of Aaron. &nbsp;Exodus 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. &nbsp;Numbers 25:7. [[(B.C.]] 1452). For this, he was rewarded by the special approbation of '''Jehovah''' , and by a promise that the priesthood should remain in his family forever. &nbsp;Numbers 25:10-13. He was appointed to accompany as priest the expedition by which the Midianites were destroyed. &nbsp;Numbers 31:6. </p> <p> Many years later, he also headed the party which was despatched from [[Shiloh]] to remonstrate against the altar which the TransJordanic tribes were reported to have built near Jordan. &nbsp;Joshua 22:13-32. In the partition of the country, he received an allotment of his own - a hill on Mount Ephraim which bore his name. After Eleazar's death, he became high priest - the third of the series. In this capacity, he is introduced as giving the oracle to the nation, during the whole struggle with the Benjamites on the matter of Gibeah. &nbsp;Judges 20:28. The verse which closes the book of Joshua is ascribed to Phinehas, as the description of the death of Moses, at the end of Deuteronomy, is to Joshua. The tomb of Phinehas, a place of great resort to both [[Jews]] and Samaritans, is shown at Awertah, four miles southeast of Nablus. </p> <p> 2. Second son of Eli. &nbsp;1 Samuel 1:3; &nbsp;1 Samuel 2:34; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:4; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:11; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:17; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:19; &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:3 Phinehas was killed with his brother by the Philistines when the [[Ark]] was captured. [[(B.C.]] 1125). ''See '' '''Eli''' ''.'' </p> <p> 3. [[A]] Levite, of Ezra's time, &nbsp;Ezra 8:33, unless the meaning be that Eleazar was of the family of the great Phinehas. </p>

<p> '''Phinehas''' (''fïn'e-has'' ), ''brazen mouth.'' 1. [[A]] son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, &nbsp;Exodus 6:25; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:50, was high priest of the Jews for nearly 20 years. Bus zeal and promptitude in punishing the Bin of Zimri was rewarded by the promise to his family of perpetual succession in the [[Jewish]] priesthood. &nbsp;Numbers 25:6-15. This promise was fulfilled; for except the interval from Eli to Zadok, the priesthood continued in the family of Phinehas until the destruction of the temple and the [[Babylonian]] captivity. 2. [[A]] son of Eli, and noted for his wickedness. &nbsp;1 Samuel 1:3; &nbsp;1 Samuel 2:34; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:4; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:11; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:17; &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:19; &nbsp;1 Samuel 14:3. 3. [[A]] Levite in the time of Ezra. &nbsp;Ezra 8:33. </p>