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    Ithamar

    אִיתָמָר

    Ithamar was the fourth and youngest son of Aaron, who served as a priest alongside his brothers Nadab, Abihu, and Eleazar.

    verses
    20
    first named
    Exodus 6:23
    last named
    Ezra 8:2
    period
    Egypt and Wilderness
    tribe
    Levi

    Description

    Who was Ithamar?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ithamar was the fourth and youngest son of Aaron, the first high priest of Israel (Exo.6.23). He served as a priest alongside his brothers Nadab, Abihu, and Eleazar (Num.3.2). After the deaths of Nadab and Abihu for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord (Lev.10.1-2), Ithamar and Eleazar were warned not to mourn for them openly (Lev.10.6).

    Ithamar assisted his father Aaron and his brother Eleazar in their priestly duties (Exo.28.1; Num.3.4). He was responsible for overseeing the Gershonites and Merarites, two of the Levite clans, in their tabernacle duties (Num.4.28,33). During the dedication of the tabernacle, Ithamar assisted Moses in receiving the offerings from the tribal leaders (Num.7.8).

    Ithamar's descendants continued to serve as priests (1Ch.24.1-6). They were divided into divisions for their appointed duties, just as Aaron's other descendants were. One of Ithamar's notable descendants was Eli, who served as high priest and judge in Israel (1Sa.14.3; 1Ki.2.27).

    In Ezr.8.2, a descendant of Ithamar named Daniel is mentioned among the priests who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile. This highlights the continuity of Ithamar's lineage in the priesthood.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ithamar10 of 19 entities the graph connects to Ithamar, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AaronChild of · 5 events · 333 versesEleazarSibling of · 4 events · 61 versesKinshipIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesMoses2 events · 786 versesLevi2 events · 329 versesPriest2 events · 202 versesWork2 events · 142 versesSilver1 event · 80 versesKohath1 event · 42 versesGershon1 event · 34 versesEventsIthamar

    The 10 best-attested of 19 are drawn. All 19 are listed below.

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    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 20, across 5 books. The name is written 21 times in them.

    1. Exodus3 verses

      6:2328:138:21

    2. Leviticus3 verses

      10:610:1210:16

    3. Numbers6 verses

      3:23:44:284:337:826:60

    4. 1 Chronicles7 verses

      6:324:124:224:324:424:524:6

    5. Ezra1 verse

      8:2

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    via Moses’ giving of Covered Carts and Oxen and Levi’s inventory, and 1 moreLeviSon of Jacob; progenitor of the Levitesvia Moses’ giving of Covered Carts and Oxen and Levi’s inventory, and 1 moreMosesProphet who led Israel out of Egyptvia Aaron and Abihu, and 1 moreMoses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and Israels Elders’ coming upMoses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and Israels Elders’ coming up is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via Unnamed#1Unnamed#2A descendant of Ithamar the son of Aaron.via AhimelechAbiatharHigh priest during the reigns of David and Solomonvia AhimelechJonathanSon of Abiathar the priest during David's reignvia Gershonites’ serviceServiceService is a concept gathering 37 labelled instances in the text.via Levi’s inventorySilverSilver is a concept gathering 13 labelled instances in the text.via Gershonites’ serviceWorkWork is a concept gathering 77 labelled instances in the text.

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