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Ezra 7:5

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Phinehas: Exodus 6:25; Numbers 25:7-13, Numbers 31:6; Joshua 22:13, Joshua 22:31; Judges 20:28; 1 Chronicles 6:4, 1 Chronicles 6:50-52; Psalms 106:30-31

Eleazar: Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 10:12, Leviticus 10:16; Numbers 3:32, Numbers 20:25-28, Numbers 27:2, Numbers 31:31, Numbers 31:54; Joshua 14:1, Joshua 24:33; 1 Chronicles 24:1-6

chief priest: 2 Chronicles 19:11, 2 Chronicles 26:20; Hebrews 5:4

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