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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 10:25

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, etc.] Next after that of Ephraim, the last of all: which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their host; which brought up the rear, and was fittest for that purpose, being the most numerous, next to that of Judah, which led the van; or, the gatherer up of all the camps f104, under which were collected and brought on all that belonged to the other tribes; as all under twenty years of age, which were not taken into the camps, and the women and children, and weak and sickly persons, the mixed multitude, and all stragglers: these were all under the care and charge of this camp, and under the standard of which were Asher and Naphtali, (<041026>Numbers 10:26,27); over whom were the same captains as in (<040225>Numbers 2:25,27,29).
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