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Numbers 2:14 KJV
Numbers · chapter 2 · verse 14
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.Numbers 2:14 · King James Version
Numbers 2:14 in context
12And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
13And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
14Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
15And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EliasaphʼElyâçâphEljasaph, the name of two IsraelitesH460 →
- captainnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- tribemaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- GadGâdGad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territoryH1410 →
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We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their place, to prevent strife and envy among them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-34