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The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
Ver. 15-18. The children of Gad, after their families tribe was numbered next to Simeon because it lay encamped with that under the standard of Reuben. There is a little variation in the names of two or three of his sons, from those by which they are called ( Genesis 46:16 ) , instead of Ziphion, here Zephon; and for Haggai, here Haggi; and what is much wider, for Ezbon, here Ozni. Seven families sprang from Gad, whose number now was 40,500; they were diminished since their last numbering 5150; it is probable this tribe, being a warlike tribe, suffered very much in their attempt to enter the land of Canaan contrary to the will of God, and were repulsed and defeated by the Amalekites, ( Numbers 16:40-45 ) .
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of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
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These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
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The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
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of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
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of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
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