Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 218:12
ופנחס לאו מיתרו אתי והא כתיב (שמות ו, כה) ואלעזר בן אהרן לקח לו מבנות פוטיאל לו לאשה מאי לאו דאתי מיתרו שפיטם עגלים לע"ז לא דאתי מיוסף שפטפט ביצרו
[while] from Aaron, who married the daughter of Amminadab, there descended Phinehas.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Num. XXV, 11ff. ');"><sup>39</sup></span> But did not Phinehas descend from Jethro? Surely it is written, <i>And Eleazar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The father of Phinehas. ');"><sup>40</sup></span></i> Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. VI, 25. ');"><sup>41</sup></span> does not this mean that he descended from Jethro who crammed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] regarded as of the same root as Putiel. ');"><sup>42</sup></span>
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