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Gamaliel

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(recompense of God). (1) A prince of Manasseh (Num. 1:10; 2:20; 7:54; 10:23¹⁰Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (Numbers 1:10)
²⁰And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (Numbers 2:20)
⁵⁴On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: (Numbers 7:54)
²³And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (Numbers 10:23)). (2) A learned president of the Sanhedrim, and Paul’s legal preceptor (Acts 5:34; 22:3³⁴Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; (Acts 5:34)
³I 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. (Acts 22:3)).

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