The wilderness, the conquest of Canaan, and the start of the judges · around 1400 BC
Phinehas Bible quiz
Start with these 3 free questions on Phinehas. Tap an answer to check it: each one is explained with the verse it comes from. The full quiz (12 questions, up to the details most readers miss) is in Bible Academy.
Easy questions
1. Who was Phinehas’s father?
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Answer: Eleazar. Phinehas is the “son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest.” Ithamar, Nadab, and Abihu are his uncles, Aaron’s other sons. Numbers 25:7
2. How many people died in the plague that struck Israel at Shittim?
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Answer: 24,000. “Those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.” It was stayed when Phinehas stepped in. Numbers 25:8–9
3. To which god did Israel join itself at Shittim, led astray by the daughters of Moab?
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Answer: Baal-peor. “Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.” The people had eaten at the sacrifices of the gods of Moab. Numbers 25:1–3