Num. 1:14

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Eliasaph.

Num 7:42; Num 10:20

Son of Reuel.

Num 2:14

Deuel.

As the [d,] {daleth} is very like the [r,] {resh,} they might be easily mistaken for each other; and hence this person being called both Del and Rel, may be easily accounted for.

The Septuagint and Syriac have Reuel, in this chapter; and in Num 2:14, the Samaritan, Vulgate, and Arabic have Deuel, instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of MSS. concur, and which is also supported by Num 7:42, 10:20. We may therefore safely conclude, the Del, and not Rel, was the original reading.