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ASRIEL

as'-ri-el ('asri'-el, "Vow of God"?): A man of Manasseh (Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2). The form Asrielites, i.e. family of Asriel, occurs in Numbers 26:31. According to 1 Chronicles 7:14, Asriel was born to Manasseh by an Aramitess concubine. the King James Version has "Ashnel."

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Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.