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Ezra 7:5

in Ezra 7

the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—

KJV

The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:

This verse in Ezra 7

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

Now after these things

on Ezra 7:1-5

Now after these things marks a silence of roughly six decades between the temple's dedication in chapter 6 and Ezra's arrival under Artaxerxes, a gap the book does not narrate though the Esther story falls inside it. Ezra's pedigree runs unbroken to Aaron the chief priest, Wesley noting that several generations are omitted for brevity and may be supplied from 1 Chronicles 6. The line matters because Ezra 2:62 has already put priests without a recorded father's house out of the priesthood, so this scribe's credentials stand beyond question before he opens his mouth.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • אֲבִישׁ֗וּעַAbishua

    ʾavishua'H50

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • פִּֽינְחָס֙Phinehas

    pinechasH637225 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • אֶלְעָזָ֔רEleazar

    ʾelazarH49972 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֥ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175

  • הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548750 times

  • הָרֹֽאשׁ׃the chief

    haroshH7218599 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 6:25

    Aaron’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.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 24:33

      Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 19:11

    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 19:8

      Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

    • Psalms 18:25–26

      To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

    • Philippians 4:8–9

      Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

  • Through

    Leviticus 10:6

    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 16:22

      But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”

    • Numbers 1:53

      But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the…

    • Joshua 7:1

      The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…

    • Joshua 22:18

      And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.