Eleazar (or Elazar), (Hebrew: אֶלְעָזָר, Standard Elʻazar Tiberian Elʻāzār ; "God has helped") was a son of Aaron, a Levite priest and High Priest. Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct (yet very well documented Oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was Elohim ( אֱלוֹהִים, אלהים) is a Hebrew word which expresses concepts of Divinity. This article is about Aaron the Levite in the Hebrew Bible, the Qu'ran, and other sources In the Jewish tradition a Levite ( is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. A kohen (or cohen, Hebrew כּהן "priest" pl כּהנִים kohanim or cohanim) has a separate status in Judaism. Kohen Gadol or Kohen ha-Gadol ( Heb כהן גדול "Great Priest" is the title of High Priest of early Israelite His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. Phinehas or Pinhas ( was the grandson of Aaron, and son of Eleazar the high priest ( who distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim by his After the death of Nadab and Abihu, he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary.

He fulfilled a number of functions over the course of the Wilderness wanderings, from creating the plating to the altar out of the firepans of Korah's assembly to performing the ritual of the red heifer.

On Mount Hor he was clothed with the sacred vestments, which Moses took from off his father Aaron and put upon him as successor to his father in the high priest's office, which he held for more than twenty years. He took part with Moses in numbering the people, and assisted at the inauguration of Joshua. Moses ( Latin: Moyses,; Greek: grc Mωυσής in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: ar موسىٰ

He assisted in the distribution of the land after the conquest. When he died, he "was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim" (Joshua 24:33). The Hill of Phinehas^[1] related in the bible is associated with the location of the village of Awarta in the Samarian section of the current day West Bank. Awarta (عورتا is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers southeast of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Samaria, or the Shomron ( שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šoməron Tiberian Šōmərôn The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Due to the uncertain security situation, the Israel Defence Forces limits visits by Jews to one annual night close to the 5th of Shevat (around January-February) on the Hebrew calendar. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Shevat (or Shvat) ( Hebrew: שְׁבָט, Standard Šəvat Tiberian Šəḇāṭ The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious

The high-priesthood remained in the family of Eleazar until the time of Eli, into whose family it passed (Eli was a descendant of Ithamar, Eleazar's brother^[2]). Eli ( was according to the Books of Samuel, the name of a priest of Shiloh, and one of the last Israelite Judges before the rule of kings in ancient Israel In the Torah, Ithamar ( is mentioned as the youngest son of Aaron the High Priest

The high priesthood was restored to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok after Abiathar was cast out by Solomon (prophesied in I Sm 2:30–6; fulfilled in I Kg 2:26–7). Zadok ( Hebrew: צדוק Tzadok meaning "Righteous" was an Israelite High Priest in the tenth century BC Abiathar (אביתר Ebyathar Evyatar the father is pre-eminent) in the Bible, son of Achimelech or Ahijah priest at Nob, the fourth in King Solomon ( Ge'ez: ስለሞን Arabic: ar سليمان, Sulayman, all from the Triliteral root S-L-M, "peace"

He is commemorated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church on September 2, and as one of the Holy Forefathers in the Calendar of Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 30. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Sep 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Sep 3 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Sep Days of observance - 2007 January 1 Third Day of the Fast of the Nativity 2 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Nativity 3 Fifth Day The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off

(Note: according to the Documentary Hypothesis, in the Elohist (E) document, "Eleazar" is the name of the son of Moses (see Exodus 18:4), who is however more commonly referred to with the name "Eliezer"). The Elohist (E is one of four sources of the Torah described by the Documentary Hypothesis. Moses ( Latin: Moyses,; Greek: grc Mωυσής in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: ar موسىٰ Exodus ( Greek: έξοδος eksodos = "departure" is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. For the mathematician and Tamil activist see CJ Eliezer; also look at Eleazar Eliezer ( Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר

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