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Gamaliel Scripture - Numbers 2:20

And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh [shall be] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur....

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Gamaliel Scripture - Numbers 7:59

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 Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur....

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Gamaliel in Wikipedia

Gamaliel the Elder English pronunciation: /ɡəˈmeɪljəl/,[1] or Rabbi Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the mid first century. He was the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder, and died twenty years before the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem. He fathered a son, whom he called Simeon, after his ...

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Gamaliel Scripture - Acts 22:3

I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day....

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Gamaliel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

reward of God. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai (Num. 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59). (2.) The son of rabbi Simeon, and grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel. He was a Pharisse, and therefore the opponent of the party of the Sadducees. He was noted for his learning, and was president of the Sanhedrim during the regins of T...

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Gamaliel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:20; Numbers 7:54-59; Numbers 10:23. 2. A Pharisee and eminent doctor of the law, who advised the council wisely to let the apostles alone (Acts 5:34, etc.), "for if this counsel or work be of men it will come to nought; but if it be of God ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." H...

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Gamaliel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

recompense of God; camel of God...

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Gamaliel in Naves Topical Bible

1. A celebrated teacher Speech of, before the Sanhedrin Ac 5:33-40 Paul's teacher Ac 22:3 -2. A captain of the tribe of Manasseh Nu 1:10; 2:20; 10:23 Offering of, at dedication of tabernacle Nu 7:54-59...

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Gamaliel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ga-ma'-li-el (gamli'el, "reward or recompense of God"; Gamaliel): (1) The son of Pedahzur, and "prince of the children of Manasseh," chosen to aid in taking the census in the Wilderness (Nu 1:10; 2:20; 7:54,59; 10:23). (2) A Pharisee who at the meeting of the "council" succeeded in persuading its members to adopt a more reasonable course when ...

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Gamaliel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(recompense of God). 1. Son of Pedahzur; prince or captain of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai, Nu 1:10; 20:20; 7:54,59 and at starting on the march through the wilderness. ch. Nu 10:23 (B.C. 1490.) 2. A pharisee and celebrated doctor of the law, who gave prudent worldly advice in the Sanhedrin respecting the treatment of the fol...

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