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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 2:20

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh, etc.] Who though the elder brother to Ephraim, yet Ephraim was preferred to him, and had a standard given him, and his elder brother was directed to pitch by it; and this being agreeably to the prophecy of Jacob, could not well be objected to; and Benjamin, the younger brother of Joseph, being placed under the standard of a son of his, that stood in his father’s room, could not be offended; and these all being the descendants of Rachel, might well be thought to agree together, and be very well pleased with their situation: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; the same as in (<040110>Numbers 1:10 7:54).
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