Numbers 1:14

In Numbers 1:14, the tribe of Gad is mentioned as part of the census taken by Moses in the wilderness. This enumeration was conducted to organize the Israelites for their journey to the Promised Land. Each tribe had a specific role and position in the camp, reflecting God's order and purpose in their community. The tribe of Gad, along with the other tribes, played a crucial part in the overall structure and unity of the Israelite nation as they followed God's guidance and direction.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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.