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Pagiel, son of Ocran

The name Pagiel means “prevention, or prayer, of God.” Pagiel is mentioned in 5 verses of the Bible, first in Numbers 1:13.

Family of Pagiel

Father

Who was Pagiel?

God allots, a prince of the tribe of Asher (Num. 1:13), in the wilderness.

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Pagiel

  • Numbers 1:13

    Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 2:27

    And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 7:72

    On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:

  • Numbers 7:77

    And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 10:26

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.