Exodus 6:25

ESV Eleazar, Aaron 's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers ' houses of the Levites by their clans.

NIV Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

NASB Now Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families.

CSB Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

NLT Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to his son, Phinehas. These are the ancestors of the Levite families, listed according to their clans.

KJV 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.

NKJV Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.

What does Exodus 6:25 mean?

After explaining more about Korah (Exodus 6:24), the genealogy (Exodus 6:14) switches back to Aaron's family (Exo-dus 6:23). Eleazar's wife is described as a child of Putiel. Putiel is only named here in Scripture. The emphasis here is on his son, Phinehas, who later served as priest. This Phinehas is most famous for killing a sinning couple with a spear to stop God's wrath on the people of Israel (Numbers 25).

The end of this verse also summarizes the purpose of this family list. The goal was to list the main branches of the tribe of Levi. This explains why only selected family mem-bers are noted and a full list of Jacob's sons is not provided. This selective family line shows the connections to the clans of the Levites. This was important to show which families qualified to have sons serve as priests in the tabernacle. That means these words would have been written after the exodus since it was in the wilderness that God revealed the Le-vitical priesthood, information regarding the tabernacle, and how people were to worship Him.

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