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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 2:14

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the tribe of Gad, etc.] 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, (<040114>Numbers 1:14 7:42). The letters r, “resh”, and d, “daleth”, being similar, are sometimes put one for the other, of which there are other instances, as in (<011003>Genesis 10:3,4), compared with (<130106>1 Chronicles 1:6,7).
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