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Numbers 1:14

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

From the tribe of Gad: Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse identifies Eliasaph as the chosen leader representing the tribe of Gad in Israel's first census.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of God's instructions to Moses for conducting Israel's first military census in the wilderness, about a year after leaving Egypt. Each of the twelve tribes needed a leader to help count their fighting men, and Eliasaph was selected to represent Gad, one of Jacob's sons whose descendants had grown into a full tribe.

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