Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
This genealogy ends in Moses and Aaron to prove they were true Israelites, bone of their bone, raised up from among their own people, just as Christ would be. God's favours do not follow the order of birth; He often prefers the younger before the elder, crossing hands according to His sovereign will, not man's expectation.
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Commenting on Exodus 6:14-30
And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt. This verse depends upon the following for the sense of it, which shows what it was the Lord said to Moses in the day he spake to him in Egypt, when he was come thither, which is as follows: And it came to pass on the...
This genealogy authenticates the descent of Moses and Aaron at the moment they are about to act so crucially in Egypt and take up the highest offices in God's government and Church. It was essential their lineage be traced with absolute certainty.
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Commenting on Exodus 6:14-30