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Numbers 34:17

Numbers 34:17

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are the names: It is worthy of remark, that Moses does not follow any order hitherto used in arranging the tribes, but places them exactly in the order in which they possessed the land, and according to their fraternal relationship. Judah is first, having the first lot, in the South (); and next to him is Simeon, because his inheritance was "within the inheritance of the children of Judah" (). Benjamin, the third, had his portion between "Judah and the children of Joseph" (). Dan was the fourth, and his lot was westward of Benjamin (). Manasseh and his brother Ephraim had their inheritances behind that of Benjamin (). Next these dwelt Zebulun and Issachar (); and then Asher and Naphtali ().

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