International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Eldad

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Eldad


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el´dad (אלדּד, 'eldādh, “God has loved”): One of the 70 elders chosen by Moses at the command of Yahweh to share “the burden of the people” (-25). Eldad and his companion Medad were not present with the rest at the tent of meeting, yet the Spirit rested also upon them and they prophesied in the camp (-29).