Exodus 6 · Verse 25

Exodus 6:25

And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
Exodus 6:25, King James Version

Exodus 6:25 in other translations

BSBAaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
WEBEleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
ASVAnd Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
YLTAnd Eleazar, Aaron's son, hath taken to him one of the daughters of Putiel for a wife to himself, and she beareth to him Phinehas: these are heads of the fathers of the Levites, as to their families.
DARBYAnd Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
BBEAnd Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel; and she gave birth to Phinehas. These are the heads of the families of the Levites, in the order of their families.
WebsterAnd Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putiel for a wife; and she bore to him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their families.

What does Exodus 6:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Phinehas - Of the celebrated act of this person, and the most honorable grant made to him and his posterity, see Num 25:7-13.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 6:14-30

Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret, as…

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Exodus 6:25 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֶלְעָזָ֨רve.'el.'a.Zarand EleazarH499
בֶּֽן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אַהֲרֹ֜ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
לָקַֽח\־la.kach-he tookH3947
ל֨וֹlofor <the> himself
מִבְּנ֤וֹתmi.be.Notone of [the] daughters ofH1323
פּֽוּטִיאֵל֙pu.ti.'ElPutielH6317
ל֣וֹlofor <the> himself
לְאִשָּׁ֔הle.'i.Shahto a wifeH802
וַתֵּ֥לֶדva.Te.ledand she boreH3205
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פִּֽינְחָ֑סpin.ChasPhinehasH6372
אֵ֗לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
רָאשֵׁ֛יra.Shei[were] [the] heads ofH7218
אֲב֥וֹת'a.Vot[the] ancestors ofH1
הַלְוִיִּ֖םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם\׃le.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 6:25

  • Joshua 24:33

    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

  • Numbers 25:7-13

    And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, …

  • Joshua 22:13

    And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

  • Numbers 31:6

    And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

  • Psalms 106:30-31

    Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

  • Judges 20:28

    And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

  • Joshua 22:31-32

    And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Phinehas.
Nu 25:7-13; 31:6; Jos 22:13,31,32; 24:33; Jud 20:28; Ps 106:30,31
the heads.
14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 6:24

    And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

  • Exodus 6:25

    And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

  • Exodus 6:26

    These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

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Exodus 6:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Eleazar, hijo de Aarón, tomó para sí mujer de las hijas de Phutiel, la cual le parió á Phinees: y estas son las cabezas de los padres de los Levitas por sus familias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et Éléazar, fils d’Aaron, prit pour femme une des filles de Putiel, et elle lui enfanta Phinées. – Ce sont là les chefs des pères des Lévites, selon leurs familles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Eleasar, der Sohn Aarons, nahm eine von den Töchtern Putiels sich zum Weibe, und sie gebar ihm Pinehas; das sind die Häupter der Väter der Leviten nach ihren Geschlechtern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
At vero Eleazar filius Aaron accepit uxorem de filiabus Phutiel: quæ peperit ei Phinees. Hi sunt principes familiarum Leviticarum per cognationes suas.