Eleazar

In the Hebrew biblical narrative Eleazar is the son of Aaron who is vested with priestly responsibilities and ultimately succeeds Aaron as high priest. Moses clothes Eleazar with the sacred vestments on Mount Hor before Aaron's death; Eleazar then serves as high priest during the wilderness period and into the early settlement of Canaan. His family line maintains the high‑priesthood for generations, and later tradition identifies his burial at Gibeah (linked in Jewish tradition with Awarta).

The provided sources do not supply a physical description of Eleazar beyond his role as a priest and recipient of the high‑priestly vestments (the specific moment on Mount Hor where Moses clothes him with sacred vestments is attested). Descriptions are functional and ritualized rather than detailed personal portraiture.

Rather than supernatural powers, Eleazar's recorded functions are priestly duties and institutional responsibilities: custody and transport oversight of sacred objects (including the Ark of the Covenant, table for showbread, altar, and tabernacle fittings carried by the Kohathites), care of cultic supplies (oil for the lampstand, incense, daily grain offering, anointing oil), performance and supervision of rites (including the ritual of the red heifer and handling of materials repurposed from Korah's censers), participation in community administration (assisting in the numbering of the people, taking part in Joshua's inauguration, and the distribution of the land), and hereditary transmission of the high priesthood to his son Phinehas.