One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Elizaphan. Every Elizaphan in the Bible
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Elizaphan
אֱלִיצָפָן
Elizaphan was a Levite leader from the Kohathite clan, responsible for various duties in the tabernacle and temple.
- verses
- 5
- first named
- Exodus 6:22
- last named
- Numbers 3:30
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Elizaphan?
Elizaphan was a Levite leader from the clan of Kohath (Num.3.30). He was the son of Uzziel, who was the brother of Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron (Exo.6.22). Elizaphan and his brother Mishael were instructed by Moses to carry the bodies of Nadab and Abihu, Aaron's sons who were killed for offering unauthorized fire before the Lord (Lev.10.4). During the time of King David, Elizaphan's descendants, Shemaiah and his sons, were among the Levites appointed to carry the ark of the covenant (1Ch.15.8). Later, during the reign of King Hezekiah, a descendant of Elizaphan named Shimri is mentioned as one of the Levites who helped cleanse and consecrate the temple (2Ch.29.13). The Bible portrays Elizaphan and his descendants as having significant roles in the tabernacle and temple service throughout Israel's history.
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Where Elizaphan is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
5 verses across 5 of 66 books; 61 write the name nowhere. Named in Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), 1 Chronicles (1) and 2 Chronicles (1).
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Exodus1 verse
Leviticus1 verse
Numbers1 verse
1 Chronicles1 verse
2 Chronicles1 verse
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