Numbers 2:14

2:14 Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Numbers 2:22

2:22 Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

Numbers 2:29

2:29 Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.

Numbers 34:14

34:14 because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

Numbers 17:6

17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes – twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.


tn The Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Gad.”

tc The Leningrad codex, upon which BHS is based, has “Reuel” here. In reading “Deuel” the translation presented above follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts, Smr, and the Latin Vulgate. Cf. Num 1:14.

tn Here too the Hebrew text simply has “and the tribe of Benjamin.”

tn The Hebrew text has “and the tribe of Naphtali.”

tn Heb “the house of their fathers.” So also a little later in this verse.

tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”

10 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”