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Ithamar

Youngest son of Aaron, given oversight of the Levite clans' service duties for the Tabernacle

Relationships

Parents
Aaron · Elisheba
Siblings
Abihu · Nadab · Eleazar

Introduction

Youngest son of Aaron, given oversight of the Levite clans' service duties for the Tabernacle

Family


This article records a figure from the Hebrew Bible's narrative genealogy of Israel, as told across the Torah and the Former Prophets. It follows the text's own presentation of events rather than adjudicating questions of historicity, which remain debated among biblical scholars and archaeologists.

Sources

  1. Book of Exodus (primary text)
  2. The Oxford Bible Commentary (scholarly)

This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.