Numbers 26:8

8 The son of Pallu: Eliab.

Numbers 26:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:8

And the sons of Pallu
Or son, the plural for the singular, Pallu having but one son, whose name was Eliab, the father of Dathan and Abiram; ( Numbers 26:9 ) .

Numbers 26:8 In-Context

6 Hezron and the Hezronite clan, Carmi and the Carmite clan.
7 These made up the Reubenite clans. They numbered 43,730.
8 The son of Pallu: Eliab.
9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. (These were the same Dathan and Abiram, community leaders from Korah's gang, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the Korah Rebellion against God.
10 The Earth opened its jaws and swallowed them along with Korah's gang who died when the fire ate them up, all 250 of them. After all these years, they're still a warning sign.
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