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Contemporary English Version

Numbers 1:14

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deuel;   Eliasaph;   Gad;   Government;   Israel;   Reuel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Gad, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Jazer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuel;   Eliasaph;   Reuel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuel;   Eliasaph;   Genealogies;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuel;   Eliasaph;   Moses;   Reuel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   Deuel ;   Eliasaph ;   Poll;   Reuel ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - De'uel,;   Eli'asaph;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zebulun;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuel;   Eliasaph;   Exodus, the Book of;   Gad (1);   Reuel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Genealogy;   Hafṭarah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Of Gad: Elyasaf the son of De`u'el.
King James Version
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Lexham English Bible
from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
New Century Version
from the tribe of Gad—Eliasaph son of Deuel;
New English Translation
from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
Amplified Bible
from [the tribe of] Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
New American Standard Bible
of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of Gad, Eliasaph, the sonne of Deuel:
Legacy Standard Bible
of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
for Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
Easy-to-Read Version
from the tribe of Gad—Eliasaph son of Deuel;
English Standard Version
from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
George Lamsa Translation
Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
Eliasaph son of Deuel from Gad;
Literal Translation
of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of Gad, Eliasaph ye sonne of Deguel.
American Standard Version
Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Bible in Basic English
From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of Gad, Elisah the sonne of Duel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
King James Version (1611)
Of Gad: Eliasaph, the sonne of Deuel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel.
English Revised Version
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Berean Standard Bible
from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of Gad, Elisaphan, the sone of Duel;
Young's Literal Translation
`For Gad -- Eliasaph son of Deuel.
Update Bible Version
Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
World English Bible
Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
New King James Version
from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; Numbers 2:14">[fn]
New Living Translation
Gad Eliasaph son of Deuel
New Life Bible
Deuel's son Eliasaph from Gad,
New Revised Standard
From Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel.
Revised Standard Version
from Gad, Eli'asaph the son of Deu'el;
THE MESSAGE
from Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel
New American Standard Bible (1995)
of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;

Contextual Overview

1 The people of Israel had left Egypt and were living in the Sinai Desert. Then on the first day of the second month of the second year, Moses was in the sacred tent when the Lord said: 2I want you and Aaron to find out how many people are in each of Israel's clans and families. And make a list of all the men twenty years and older who are able to fight in battle. 4The following twelve family leaders, one from each tribe, will help you: Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon, Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah, Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar, Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun, Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh, Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan, Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher, Eliasaph son of Deuel from Gad, and Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali. 16Moses and Aaron, together with these twelve tribal leaders,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Eliasaph: Numbers 7:42, Numbers 10:20, Son of Reuel, Numbers 2:14

Deuel: As the ד, daleth is very like the ר, resh, they might be easily mistaken for each other; and hence this person being called both Deuel and Reuel, may be easily accounted for. The Septuagint and Syriac have Reuel, in this chapter; and in Numbers 2:14, the Samaritan, Vulgate, and Arabic have Deuel, instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of manuscripts concur, and which is also supported by Numbers 7:42, Numbers 10:20. We may therefore safely conclude, the Deuel, and not Reuel, was the original reading.

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 11:19 - that his

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
The earth was barren, with no form of life; it was under a roaring ocean covered with darkness. But the Spirit of God was moving over the water.
Genesis 1:3

The First Day

God said, "I command light to shine!" And light started shining.
Genesis 1:4
God looked at the light and saw that it was good. He separated light from darkness
Genesis 1:6

The Second Day

God said, "I command a dome to separate the water above it from the water below it."
Genesis 1:7
And that's what happened. God made the dome
Genesis 1:8
and named it "Sky." Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.
Genesis 1:9

The Third Day

God said, "I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:12
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.
Genesis 1:14

The Fourth Day

God said, "I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The princes of the tribes, selected Numbers 1:4 under divine direction, were for the most part the same persons as those chosen a few months previously at the counsel of Jethro Exodus 18:21-26. Nahshon, prince of Judah, is mentioned in Exodus 6:23, and Elishama, in 1 Chronicles 7:26-27. The peers of men like these were no doubt entitled, among their fellows, to the epithet “renowned,” Numbers 1:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 1:14. Eliasaph, the son of Deuel. — This person is called Reuel, Numbers 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 Numbers 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 Numbers 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.


 
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