My name is not familiar to most of you and you may have to study your Bible to find me, but I will give you enough clues so that you will be able to discover who I am.

I have the great privilege of being one of the ancestors of Christ as these are listed in Matthew 1 and Luke 3, but I did not enter the land of Canaan because of my unbelief. Therefore I am not listed among the men of faith in Hebrews 13.

I am, however, the leader of the people of Judah, and my division numbered 74,600 men–at-arms. At the dedication of the tabernacle, as the representative of my tribe, I brought one silver plate weighing one hundred and thirty shekels (3–1/4lbs.), and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels (1–3/4lbs.), one gold ladle weighing ten shekels (4 ounces) filled with incense, one young bull, etc. Who am I?

Who am I?

Clue 1: Home town: Moresheth.

Clue 2: Prophesied at the same time as Isaiah.

Clue 3: Prophesied at the same time as Hosea.

Clue 4: Quoted by Matthew. a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

Clue 5: A minor prophet

Clue 6: The use of puns is my trade-mark, especially in the first chapter.