Numbers 2:14

14 The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.^[a]

Numbers 2:14 in Other Translations

14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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

14 Gad Eliasaph son of Deuel 45,650

14 And the tribe of Gad is next to them, led by Eliasaph son of Deuel.

14 The tribe of Gad [will be next]. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

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 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

13 His division numbers 59,300.

14 The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

15 His division numbers 45,650.

16 All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 10:20
• 2. Numbers 1:14; Numbers 10:20

Footnotes

• [a]. Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text "Reuel"