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Gad

Named in 21 verses across 7 books, first in Numbers 32:33.

In the Bible

All 21 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Numbers

  • Numbers 32:33

    So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

  • Numbers 32:34

    And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

  • Numbers 34:14

    For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.

Deuteronomy

  • Deuteronomy 3:12

    So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

  • Deuteronomy 3:16

    and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

  • Deuteronomy 29:8

    We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua

  • Joshua 1:12

    But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

  • Joshua 12:6

    Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Joshua 13:8

    The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

  • Joshua 13:24

    This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:

  • Joshua 13:25

    The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;

  • Joshua 13:26

    the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

  • Joshua 13:27

    and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).

  • Joshua 13:28

    This was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.

  • Joshua 18:7

    The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

2 Kings

  • 2 Kings 10:33

    from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 5:11

    The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 49:1

    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?

Ezekiel

  • Ezekiel 48:27

    And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

  • Ezekiel 48:28

    The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

  • Ezekiel 48:34

    And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

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