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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 2:12

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And those which pitch by him [shall be] the tribe of Simeon, etc.] Under his standard, and on one side of it; Reuben and Simeon being brothers by the mother as well as the father’s side, might well be thought to agree together; and Reuben being the eldest brother, and the eldest of all Jacob’s sons, Simeon would not grudge to pitch under him: and the captain of the children of Simeon [shall be] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; of whom (see <040106>Numbers 1:6 7:36).
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