Elizaphan

  1. A Levite man from the Kohath family and the son of Uzziel (Numbers 3:29–30). Elizaphan helped remove the bodies of Nadab and Abihu from the camp (Leviticus 10:4). Elizaphan’s descendants were responsible for caring for the ark, the table, the lampstand, and vessels of the sanctuary (compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:13). His name is also spelled Elzaphan (Exodus 6:22; Leviticus 10:4).

  2. Parnach’s son and a leader from Zebulun’s tribe. He helped Eleazar and Joshua divide the Canaanite territory west of the Jordan among the nine-and-a-half tribes (Numbers 34:25).

People and places

Elizaphan: A Levite leader from the Kohathite clan Elizaphan: A leader from the tribe of Zebulun