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, Nu 1:14.
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Numbers 2:14
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