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Mishael

Mishael mish'-a-el, mi'-sha-el (misha'el, perhaps equals "who is equal to God?"): (1) A Kohathite, 4th in descent from Levi (Ex 6:22). He and his brother Elzaphan carried out Moses' order to remove from the sa...

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Mishael mish'-a-el, mi'-sha-el (misha'el, perhaps equals "who is equal to God?"):
(1) A Kohathite, 4th in descent from Levi (Ex 6:22). He and his brother Elzaphan carried out Moses' order to remove from the sanctuary and the camp the corpses of Nadab and Abihu (Le 10:4 f).

(2) A supporter of Ezra at the reading of the Law (Ne 8:4).

(3) The Hebrew name of one of Daniel's 3 companions (Dan 1:6, Dan 1:7, Dan 1:11, Dan 1:19, Dan 2:17). His Babylonian name was MESHACH (which see).

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