Sorcerer, the son of Aminadab, and prince of the children of Judah at the time of the first numbering of the tribes in the wilderness ([Ex. 6:23](/exod#Exod.6.23)). His sister Elisheba was the wife of Aaron. He died in the wilderness ([Num. 26:64](/num#Num.26.64), [65](/num#Num.26.65)). His name occurs in the Greek form Naasson in the genealogy of Christ (Matt, 1:4; [Luke 3:32](/luke#Luke.3.32)).