the knowledge of God
(invocation of God ), father of Eliasaph, the "captain" of the tribe of Gad at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai. ( Numbers 1:14 ; Numbers 7:42 Numbers 7:47 ; 10:20 ) (B.C. 1491.) The same man is mentioned again in ( Numbers 2:14 ) but here the name appears as Ruel.
DEUEL
du'-el, de-u'-el de`u'el, ("knowledge of God"):
A Gadite, the father of Eliasaph, the representative of the tribe of Gad in the census-taking (Numbers 1:14), in making the offering of the tribe at the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7:42,47), and as leader of the host of the tribe of the children of Gad in the wilderness (Numbers 10:20). Called Reuel in Numbers 2:14, daleth (d) being confused with resh (r).
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