Eldad (Hastings' Dictionary)

One of the seventy elders appointed to assist Moses in the government of the people. On a memorable occasion in the wilder- ness journey, he and another named Medad were not present with Moses and tlie rest of the elders at the door of the tabernacle to hear God's message and receive His spirit. But the spirit of the Lord came upon them where they were, and they prophesied in the camp. Joshua regarded this as an irre^larity, and appealed to Moses to forbid them.

But he received the reply, 'Art thou jealous for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! ' (Nu 11"''®). R. M. Boyd.