mishael Summary and Overview

who is like God! (1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Ex. 6:22). (2.) One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan. 1:11, 19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his companions were afterwards cast into the burning fiery furnace for refusing to worship the idol the king had set up, from which they were miraculously delivered (3:13-30). His Chaldean name was Meshach (q.v.).

(who is what God is?). 1. One of the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron and Moses. #Ex 6:22| when Nadab and Abihu were struck dead for offering strange fire, Mishael and his brother Elzaphan, at the command of Moses, removed their bodies from the sanctuary, and buried them without the camp, their loose-fitting tunics serving for winding-sheets. #Le 10:4,5| 2. One of those who stood at Ezra's left hand when he read the law to the people. #Ne 8:4| [MESHACH]

MISH'AEL (who is what God is?). 1. A son of Uzziel, the uncle of Moses and Aaron. Ex 6:22; Lev 10:4. 2. One who stood at Ezra's left hand when he read the Law to the people. Neh 8:4. 3. One of Daniel's companions, who received the Babylonian name of Meshach. Dan 1:6-7,Rev 1:11, Acts 1:19; Heb 2:17. See Meshach and Abed-nego.

1. Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle, buried Nadab and Abihu in their loose tunics or "coats" (Leviticus 10:4-5). Thereby being defiled, six days before the Passover (Numbers 9:15; Exodus 40:2-3; Leviticus 8:33), they probably were the men prevented from keeping the second Passover (Numbers 9:6; Numbers 1:46-49; Numbers 26:62; Exodus 38:26). (Blunt, Undesigned Coincidences, 15, 66-68.) 2. Nehemiah 8:4. 3. One of Daniel's three companions at Babylon (Daniel 1:6-19; Daniel 2:17; Daniel 3). (See DANIEL; ANANIAH; AZARIAH; MESHACH; ABEDNEGO.)