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Eliasaph

Eliasaph is the name of two different men in the book of Numbers. One is the son of Deuel, or Reuel in some readings, who leads the tribe of Gad when Moses counts the people, camps with them, and brings his offering on the sixth day of the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7:42). The other is the son of Lael, chief of the house of the Gershonites among the Levites (Numbers 3:24). Both appear only in these lists, which show how carefully each tribe and family had its own named leader.

5 verses

Numbers

Numbers 1:14

Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

Numbers 2:14

Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

Numbers 3:24

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Numbers 7:42

On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:

Numbers 7:47

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(1.) Head of the tribe of Dan at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:14; 2:14; 7:42,47; 10:20) (B.C. 1490.)

(2.) A levite, and "chief of the Gershonites" at the same time. (Numbers 3:24)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.