BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H419
el.dad — Eldad
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.11.26 § Eldad = "God has loved" one of the two elders who prophesied in the Israelite camp
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Whom God has loved, one of the seventy elders whom Moses appointed (Num. 11:26, 27) to administer justice among the people. He, with Medad, prophesied in the camp instead of going with the rest to the tabernacle, as Moses had commanded. This incident was announced to Moses by Joshua, who thought their conduct in this respect irregular. Moses replied, “Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets” (Num. 11:24-30; comp. Mark 9:38; Luke 9:49).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
