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'''Ithamar''' ([[Hebrew]] '''אִֽיתָמָֽר''', coast of the palm tree) (b. 2482 AM–fl. 1 Zif 2514 AM) (b. ca. 1523 BC–fl. 17 May 1490 BC) was the fourth son of [[Aaron]] and progenitor of a line of descent that briefly included some of the [[high priest]]s of [[Israel]].
== Family ==
Ithamar was born in [[Egypt]], the son of [[Aaron]] and [[Elisheba]]. ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=6|verses=23}})
== Career ==
Ithamar's career began during the first year after the [[Exodus of Israel]]. He was treasurer of the massive voluntary offering of the people for the building of the [[Tabernacle]]. On 1 Zif 2514 AM (17 May 1490 BC) he was consecrated as a priest, together with his three brothers [[Nadab (son of Aaron)|Nadab]], [[Abihu]], and [[Eleazar (son of Israel)|Eleazar]].<ref name=Konig>Konig, George, "[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p273.htm Ithamar]," AboutBibleProphecy.com, 2001. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Easton>"[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.html?term=Ithamar Ithamar]," Easton's Bible Dictionary, July 13, 2005. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne, "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2003/20031115.htm The Lines of Eleazar and Ithamar]," ''Daily Bible Study'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Hirsch>Hirsch EG and Seligsohn M, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=I&artid=370 Ithamar]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref>
On the day of the strange-fire incident (10 Zif 2514 AM/26 May 1490 BC), all four brothers were performing a daily office in the [[Holy Place]]. Nadab and Abihu took censers charged with "strange fire" into the Holy of Holies, and were killed instantly. [[Moses]] ordered two other cousins to take the charred bodies away, and also ordered Aaron and his two remaining sons to continue with their duties and not show any outward sign of mourning.<ref name=Hirsch/>
<ref name=Maxey>Maxey A, "[http://www.zianet.com/maxey/reflx270.htm Eleazar and Ithamar]," ''Reflections'', no. 270, October 18, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref>
On that same occasion, Moses noticed that the meat for the sin offering had been burned entirely on the [[Brass Altar]]. The priests were supposed to eat from the sin offering in a clean place, but they had not done so. Moses interrogated Eleazar and Ithamar about this neglect of duty, and Aaron defended his sons. Apparently Aaron suggested that to eat any sort of meat when their brothers had recently died, and under such circumstances, might itself not seem pleasing to God. Moses reserved judgment. The [[Bible]] gives no indication that Eleazar or Ithamar made a similar mistake again.<ref name=Maxey/>
Thereafter Eleazar and Ithamar were the two senior priests after Aaron. Ithamar, in addition, supervised the [[Gershon]]ites and the [[Merari]]tes who were responsible for dismantling and transporting the Tabernacle coverings, hangings, boards, bars, sockets, pillars, and other structural elements.<ref name=Konig/><ref name=Hirsch/>
== Heritage ==
His line of descent ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=24|verses=1-19}}) is most notable for the appearance of [[Judge]] [[Eli]], his sons [[Hophni]] and [[Phinehas (son of Eli)|Phinehas]], his grandson [[Ichabod]], and an apparently disloyal high priest named [[Abiathar]] whom [[Solomon]] removed from office during his reign and replaced with [[Zadok (priest)|Zadok]], an [[Eleazar]]ite.<ref name=Konig/><ref name=Easton/><ref name=Blank/><ref name=Hirsch/><ref name=Maxey/>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== See also ==
* [[Israel]]
{{nb Levi}}
[[Category:Biblical Persons]]
[[Category:Old Testament]]
[[Category:Jewish People]]
== Family ==
Ithamar was born in [[Egypt]], the son of [[Aaron]] and [[Elisheba]]. ({{Bible ref|book=Exodus|chap=6|verses=23}})
== Career ==
Ithamar's career began during the first year after the [[Exodus of Israel]]. He was treasurer of the massive voluntary offering of the people for the building of the [[Tabernacle]]. On 1 Zif 2514 AM (17 May 1490 BC) he was consecrated as a priest, together with his three brothers [[Nadab (son of Aaron)|Nadab]], [[Abihu]], and [[Eleazar (son of Israel)|Eleazar]].<ref name=Konig>Konig, George, "[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p273.htm Ithamar]," AboutBibleProphecy.com, 2001. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Easton>"[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.html?term=Ithamar Ithamar]," Easton's Bible Dictionary, July 13, 2005. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne, "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2003/20031115.htm The Lines of Eleazar and Ithamar]," ''Daily Bible Study'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Hirsch>Hirsch EG and Seligsohn M, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=I&artid=370 Ithamar]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref>
On the day of the strange-fire incident (10 Zif 2514 AM/26 May 1490 BC), all four brothers were performing a daily office in the [[Holy Place]]. Nadab and Abihu took censers charged with "strange fire" into the Holy of Holies, and were killed instantly. [[Moses]] ordered two other cousins to take the charred bodies away, and also ordered Aaron and his two remaining sons to continue with their duties and not show any outward sign of mourning.<ref name=Hirsch/>
<ref name=Maxey>Maxey A, "[http://www.zianet.com/maxey/reflx270.htm Eleazar and Ithamar]," ''Reflections'', no. 270, October 18, 2006. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref>
On that same occasion, Moses noticed that the meat for the sin offering had been burned entirely on the [[Brass Altar]]. The priests were supposed to eat from the sin offering in a clean place, but they had not done so. Moses interrogated Eleazar and Ithamar about this neglect of duty, and Aaron defended his sons. Apparently Aaron suggested that to eat any sort of meat when their brothers had recently died, and under such circumstances, might itself not seem pleasing to God. Moses reserved judgment. The [[Bible]] gives no indication that Eleazar or Ithamar made a similar mistake again.<ref name=Maxey/>
Thereafter Eleazar and Ithamar were the two senior priests after Aaron. Ithamar, in addition, supervised the [[Gershon]]ites and the [[Merari]]tes who were responsible for dismantling and transporting the Tabernacle coverings, hangings, boards, bars, sockets, pillars, and other structural elements.<ref name=Konig/><ref name=Hirsch/>
== Heritage ==
His line of descent ({{Bible ref|book=1_Chronicles|chap=24|verses=1-19}}) is most notable for the appearance of [[Judge]] [[Eli]], his sons [[Hophni]] and [[Phinehas (son of Eli)|Phinehas]], his grandson [[Ichabod]], and an apparently disloyal high priest named [[Abiathar]] whom [[Solomon]] removed from office during his reign and replaced with [[Zadok (priest)|Zadok]], an [[Eleazar]]ite.<ref name=Konig/><ref name=Easton/><ref name=Blank/><ref name=Hirsch/><ref name=Maxey/>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== See also ==
* [[Israel]]
{{nb Levi}}
[[Category:Biblical Persons]]
[[Category:Old Testament]]
[[Category:Jewish People]]