Abidan

Family: Benjamin · Role: tribal prince · First appears: Numbers 1

Life events

• The western camp is designated to depart third under Elishama, Gamaliel, and Abidan.(Numbers 2 · 📍 tabernacle of the congregation)
  • With: Elishama Gamaliel
  • “On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.”
• The princes of Israel dedicate the altar through twelve successive offerings.(Numbers 7 · 📍 altar)
  • With: Nahshon Nethaneel Eliab Elizur Shelumiel Eliasaph Elishama Gamaliel Ahiezer Pagiel Ahira
  • “This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:”

Numbers 1

• parent: Gideoni “Abidan the son of Gideoni.”

Numbers 7

• deity: God “On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:”

Also listed in Benjamin — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.