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 # Connecting Statement:
 
-This continues the list of the men from the tribe of Gad who joined David. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
-
-# There were Ezer the leader, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third ... fourth ... fifth ... sixth ... seventh ... eighth ... ninth ... tenth ... eleventh
-
-This is a list of the leaders of the army in order of their importance. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
+This begins a list of the men from the tribe of Gad who joined David, in order of their importance. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])