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PALLU, PALLUITES

pal'-u, pal'-u-its (pallu', "distinguished"): A son of Reuben (Genesis 46:9 ("Phallu"); Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5,8; 1 Chronicles 5:3). Perhaps Peleth of Numbers 16:1 is the same. Palluites, the patronymic, occurs in Numbers 26:5.

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