This was essentially the job of the tribe of Gad in the nation of Israel. Indeed, to be a soldier in the tribe of Gad would have required the utmost courage in battle.

There are those who claim that the Mikado, the Japanese emperor, is a descendant of the Hebrew tribe of Gad. 'Mikado' recalls the Hebrew word for 'his majesty the king,' 'Malchuto'.

The tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh first wanted to receive their inheritance and only then fight for the Land of Israel, because they shared Moses’s humility.