1
A later writer explicitly names the lost writing of Eldad and Medad and preserves one sentence from it.
2
The word is: "Yahuah is near to those who turn back to Him."
3
The saying presents nearness not as reward for inherited status, but as the response of Yahuah toward those who turn.
4
The same citation identifies Eldad and Medad as the ones who prophesied to the people in the wilderness.
5
This is the only surviving sentence that can presently be attributed to the lost book with certainty. substance: 'The Lord is near to those who turn to him,' followed by the explicit attribution to Eldad and Modad.