24 From the descendants of Gad:(A)

All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

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15 The descendants of Gad by their clans were:

through Zephon,(A) the Zephonite clan;

through Haggi, the Haggite clan;

through Shuni, the Shunite clan;

16 through Ozni, the Oznite clan;

through Eri, the Erite clan;

17 through Arodi,[a] the Arodite clan;

through Areli, the Arelite clan.

18 These were the clans of Gad;(B) those numbered were 40,500.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:17 Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also Gen. 46:16); Masoretic Text Arod

14 The tribe of Gad(A) will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.[a](B) 15 His division numbers 45,650.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 2:14 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Reuel

19 “Gad[a](A) will be attacked by a band of raiders,
    but he will attack them at their heels.(B)

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  1. Genesis 49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for attack and also for band of raiders.

16 The sons of Gad:(A)

Zephon,[a](B) Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.

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  1. Genesis 46:16 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Num. 26:15); Masoretic Text Ziphion

10 Leah’s servant Zilpah(A) bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”[a] So she named him Gad.[b](B)

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  1. Genesis 30:11 Or “A troop is coming!”
  2. Genesis 30:11 Gad can mean good fortune or a troop.

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