Phinehas
Sign in to savethumb|Phinehas slaying Zimri and Cozbi the Midianite by Jeremias van Winghe According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas (also spelled Phineas, ; , Phinees, ) was a priest during the Exodus. The grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar, the High Priests (), he distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim with his zeal against the heresy of Peor.
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- Saint.name
- Phinehas
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- Pinchas (syn Eleazara).png
- Saint.titles
- Righteous, High Priest of Israel
- Saint.feast_day
- 1 July, 1 March (Roman Catholic Church)12 March (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Saint.honored_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
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thumb|Phinehas slaying Zimri and Cozbi the Midianite by Jeremias van Winghe According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas (also spelled Phineas, ; , Phinees, ) was a priest during the Exodus. The grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar, the High Priests (), he distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim with his zeal against the heresy of Peor.
Displeased with the immorality with which the Moabites and Midianites had successfully tempted the Israelites () to inter-marry and to worship Baal-peor, Phinehas personally executed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman while they were together in the man's tent, running a javelin or spear through the man and the belly of the woman, bringing to an end the plague sent by Yahweh to punish the Israelites for sexually intermingling with the Midianites.