and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.
Block claimed that the name Phinehas is Egyptian in origin and derives from a word meaning "the dark-skinned, the Negro." [Note: Block, Judges . . ., p. 561.] 