John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 22:24

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And of Asher he said, etc.] The tribe of Asher, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: [let] Asher [be] blessed with children; with large numbers, as it appears this tribe was, having in it 53,400 men of war, (<042647>Numbers 26:47). It was esteemed a great blessing to have many children, (<19C803>Psalm 128:3,4); or “above the children”; above or more than the rest of the children of Jacob; (see <420236>Luke 2:36,38); Jarchi observes, that he had seen, in a book called Siphri, that there was none in all the tribes blessed with children as Asher, but not known how: let him be acceptable to his brethren; either for his excellent bread, and royal dainties, (<014920>Genesis 49:20); or for the goodness of his olives and oil, and for the brass and iron found in this tribe, as follows; or, as some say, because of his children, his daughters being very beautiful: and let him dip his foot in oil; have such plenty of it, that if he would he might dip or wash his feet in it; and it was usual not only to anoint the head, but the feet f651 also, with oil, (<420746>Luke 7:46).

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