son of Eleazar, and grandson of Aaron, third high priest of
the Jews, A. M. 2571 to about A. M. 2590, B. C. 1414. He is particularly
commended in Scripture for zeal in vindicating the glory of God, when
the Midianites had sent their daughters into the camp of Israel, to
tempt the Hebrews to fornication and idolatry, Num. xxv, 7. On this
account the Lord promised the priesthood to Phinehas by perpetual
covenant; evidently including this tacit condition, that his children
should continue faithful and obedient: for we know the priesthood passed
out of the family of Eleazar and Phinehas to that of Ithamar, and that
it returned not to the posterity of Eleazar until after about a hundred
and fifty years.
PHUT or PUT, the posterity of Phut, the son of Ham, Gen. x, 6. Calmet is
of opinion that Phut, the third son of Ham, peopled either the canton of
Phtemphu, Phtemphti, Phtembuti, of Pliny and Ptolemy, whose capital was
Thara, in Lower Egypt, inclining toward Libya; or the canton called
Phtenotes, of which Buthas was the capital. The prophets often speak of
Phut. In the time of Jeremiah, xlvi, 9, Phut was under the obedience of
Necho, king of Egypt. Nahum, iii, 9, reckons this people in the number
of those who ought to come to the assistance of No-Ammon, or Diospolis.
the Jews, A. M. 2571 to about A. M. 2590, B. C. 1414. He is particularly
commended in Scripture for zeal in vindicating the glory of God, when
the Midianites had sent their daughters into the camp of Israel, to
tempt the Hebrews to fornication and idolatry, Num. xxv, 7. On this
account the Lord promised the priesthood to Phinehas by perpetual
covenant; evidently including this tacit condition, that his children
should continue faithful and obedient: for we know the priesthood passed
out of the family of Eleazar and Phinehas to that of Ithamar, and that
it returned not to the posterity of Eleazar until after about a hundred
and fifty years.
PHUT or PUT, the posterity of Phut, the son of Ham, Gen. x, 6. Calmet is
of opinion that Phut, the third son of Ham, peopled either the canton of
Phtemphu, Phtemphti, Phtembuti, of Pliny and Ptolemy, whose capital was
Thara, in Lower Egypt, inclining toward Libya; or the canton called
Phtenotes, of which Buthas was the capital. The prophets often speak of
Phut. In the time of Jeremiah, xlvi, 9, Phut was under the obedience of
Necho, king of Egypt. Nahum, iii, 9, reckons this people in the number
of those who ought to come to the assistance of No-Ammon, or Diospolis.