Nahshon
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Lunette depicting Nahshon in the [[Sistine Chapel.]]
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- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Ancient Egypt
- Child
- Elimelech
- Father
- Amminadab
- Sibling
- Elisheba
- Image
- Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel lunette Naason, detail Naason.jpg
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- described by source
- Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
- present in work
- Gospel of Luke
- different from
- Nahshon
- date of death
- 1312-00-00
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- In art
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thumb|right|300px|Lunette depicting Nahshon in the [[Sistine Chapel.]]
In the Hebrew Bible, Nahshon ( Naḥšon) was a tribal leader of the Judahites during the wilderness wanderings of the Book of Numbers. In the King James Version, the name is spelled Naashon, and is within modern Rabbinical contexts often transliterated as Nachshon.
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