Numbers 1 · Verse 14

Numbers 1:14

Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Numbers 1:14, King James Version

Numbers 1:14 in other translations

BSBfrom Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
WEBOf Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
ASVOf Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
YLT‘For Gad--Eliasaph son of Deuel.
DARBYfor Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
BBEFrom Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
WebsterOf Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

What does Numbers 1:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:4-18

4-16. with you there shall be a man of every tribe, &c.--The social condition of the Israelites in the wilderness bore a close resemblance to that of the nomad tribes of the East in the present day. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Eliasaph, 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. An ancient Jewish rabbin pretends to solve every difficulty by saying that "Eliasaph was a proselyte; that before he embraced the true faith he was called the son of Reuel, but that after his conversion he was called the son of Deuel." As Reuel may be translated the breach of God, and Deuel the knowledge of God, I suppose the rabbin grounded his supposition on the different meanings of the two words.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:1-43

The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to…

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Numbers 1:14 in the original Hebrew

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לְגָ֕דle.Gadfor GadH1410
אֶלְיָסָ֖ף'el.ya.SafEliasaphH460
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
דְּעוּאֵֽל\׃de.'u.'ElDeuelH1845

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 1:14

  • Numbers 2:14

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

  • Numbers 7:42

    On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:

  • Numbers 10:20

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eliasaph.
7:42; 10:20
Son of Reuel.
2:14
Deuel.As the [d,] {daleth} is very like the [r,] {resh,} they might be easily mistaken for each other; and hence this person being called both Dëuel and Rëuel, may be easily accounted for. The Septuagint and Syriac have Reuel, in this chapter; and in ch. 2:14, the Samaritan, Vulgate, and Arabic have Deuel, instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of MSS. concur, and which is also supported by ch. 7:42, 10:20. We may therefore safely conclude, the Dëuel, and not Rëuel, was the original reading.

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Context

  • Numbers 1:13

    Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 1:14

    Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

  • Numbers 1:15

    Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

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Numbers 1:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De Gad, Eliasaph hijo de Dehuel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		pour Gad, Éliasaph, fils de Dehuel;
German
Elberfelder 1871		für Gad: Eljasaph, der Sohn Deghuels;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		de Gad, Eliasaph filius Duel;