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Eliab אֱלִיאָב
Eliab, a Reubenite, was the father of Dathan and Abiram, who rebelled against Moses.
Family
Where Eliab appears
Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 16:1 first mention — Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
- Numbers 16:12 — And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
- Numbers 26:8 — And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
- Numbers 26:9 — And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
- Deuteronomy 11:6 — And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.