John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 28:10

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Six of their names on one stone, etc.] The names of the six eldest on the stone upon the right shoulder: and the other six names of the rest on the other stone: the names of the six youngest on the stone upon the left shoulder; for these stones, as afterwards said, were put on the shoulders of the priests, according to their birth; the order of it; so that upon the first stone were engraven the names of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, and Naphtali; and on the second stone the names of Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin; and so they are disposed by Jarchi, with whom Josephus agrees f819; though some Jewish writers, and particularly Maimonides f820, place them otherwise; but this seems most agreeable to the letter and sense of the text.

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