Numbers 1:14
in Numbers 1from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
KJV
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
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This verse in Numbers 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseEliasaph, the son of Deuel - This person is called Reuel, Num 2:14. As the ד daleth is very like the ר resh, it was easy to mistake the one for the other. The Septuagint and the Syriac have Reuel in this chapter; and in Num 2:14, the Vulgate, the Samaritan, and the Arabic have Deuel instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of MSS. concur; and this reading is supported by Num 10:20; we may safely conclude therefore that דעואל Deuel, not רעואל Reuel, was the original reading. See Kennicott.
This site's exposition
these are the names of the men that shall stand with you
on Numbers 1:5-16
Twelve princes are named to stand with Moses, one for each tribe. Levi is absent from the list and Ephraim and Manasseh are counted separately, which holds the number at twelve. Nahshon the son of Amminadab stands for Judah, and his name runs on into Ruth 4:20 and 1 Chronicles 2:10 and into the line of Christ at Matthew 1:4, where the King James spells it Naasson, while his sister Elisheba had married Aaron at Exodus 6:23. Gad's prince is Deuel here and Reuel at 2:14, which Adam Clarke lays to the likeness of the Hebrew letters daleth and resh, with 7:42 and 10:20 both reading Deuel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. See Gill on Num 1:5.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The head of the tribe was a hereditary dignity, vested in the oldest son or some other to whom the right of primogeniture was transferred, and under whom were other inferior heads, also hereditary, among the different branches of the tribe.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְגָ֕ד | legad | for Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| אֶלְיָסָ֖ף | ʾelyasaf | Eliasaph | H460 → | 6 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| דְּעוּאֵֽל׃ | deuel | Deuel | H1845 → | 4 times |
לְגָ֕דfor Gad
legadH1410 →72 times
אֶלְיָסָ֖ףEliasaph
ʾelyasafH460 →6 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
דְּעוּאֵֽל׃Deuel
deuelH1845 →4 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 2:14Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,
it leads to
- Numbers 7:42
On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 10:20
and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
- Numbers 7:47
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.
- Numbers 7:42
Through
Numbers 7:42On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:14
Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 2:14
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).