Numbers 2:14

14 Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of ¹Reuel,

Numbers 2:14 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:14

Then the tribe of Gad
Who was placed on the other side of Reuben's standard, and according to the former direction he must be before, and Simeon behind; and Gad being the eldest son of Leah's handmaid Zilpah, is fitly placed under Leah's firstborn, and being the son of an handmaid, could not object to his situation:

and the captain of the sons of Gad [shall be] Eliasaph the son of
Reuel:
who is called Deuel, ( Numbers 1:14 ) ( 7:42 ) . The letters (r) , "resh", and (d) , "daleth", being similar, are sometimes put one for the other, of which there are other instances, as in ( Genesis 10:3 Genesis 10:4 ) , compared with ( 1 Chronicles 1:6 1 Chronicles 1:7 ) .

Numbers 2:14 In-Context

12 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,

13 his company as listed being 59,300.

14 Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel,

15 his company as listed being 45,650.

16 All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. They shall set out second.

Cross References

• 1. [Numbers 7:42, 47; Numbers 10:20]