Bible Figure
Eleazar
(Book of Ezra)
This Eleazar was a priest in the postexilic community who participated in Ezra's reforms concerning marriages to foreign women.
Biography
Ezra 10 includes a priest named Eleazar among the descendants of Parosh who had married foreign women and agreed with others to put away those marriages according to the community's covenant response. Because several men named Eleazar appear in Ezra-Nehemiah and other biblical books, this record should be tied carefully to its specific genealogy and reference.
Biblical Significance
This Eleazar belongs to the difficult postexilic reform narrative in Ezra. His significance is limited to the community's effort to restore covenant distinctiveness after the exile.