Eleazar (High Priest)
High Priest of the Jews through whom Ptolemy Philadelphus chose six of the most learned men from each tribe -- seventy-two interpreters -- to translate the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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The Septuagint Translation and Greek Translators
— Through him Ptolemy chose 72 interpreters for the Septuagint translation
"through Eleazar the high priest, six of the most learned men from each tribe"