Numbers 2:14
in Numbers 2Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
KJV
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
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This verse in Numbers 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].
This site's exposition
Next will be the tribe of Gad
on Numbers 2:14-16
Gad's 45,650 is the only tribal figure in the census that does not end in a round hundred. It is why the grand total at verse 32 ends in fifty. The south camp comes to 151,450, and “they shall set out second”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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, Num 1:
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְמַטֵּ֖ה | vemateh | and [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| גָּ֑ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| וְנָשִׂיא֙ | venasi' | and [the] leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גָ֔ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| אֶלְיָסָ֖ף | ʾelyasaf | [was] Eliasaph | H460 → | 6 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְעוּאֵֽל׃ | reuel | Reuel | H7467 → |
וְמַטֵּ֖הand [the] tribe of
vematehH4294 →252 times
גָּ֑דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
וְנָשִׂיא֙and [the] leader
venasi'H5387 →134 times
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
גָ֔דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
אֶלְיָסָ֖ף[was] Eliasaph
ʾelyasafH460 →6 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
רְעוּאֵֽל׃Reuel
reuelH7467 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 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 7:42On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:14
from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 1:14
Through
Numbers 1:14from Gad, 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 7:42
Where this verse is studied
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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).