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Tribe of Gad

Israelite tribe

Members of the tribe descended from Gad, settled east of the Jordan in Gilead.

56 appearances8 Bible books5 known aliases

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Descendants of , 's son by Zilpah. With the and half-tribe of , the Gadites request and receive pastureland east of the . They pledge to fight alongside the western tribes before returning to their inheritance in , and Chronicles remembers them as valiant warriors on Israel's frontier.

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