Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
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Gill's Exposition
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel,.... the number of his tribe is taken first on that account; there were four families that descended from him, the Hanochite, Palluite, Hesronite, and Carmite, and the…
Barnes' Notes
Following The tribes are mentioned in the same order as in the earlier census Num. 1, except that Manasseh here precedes Ephraim; probably as being now the larger tribe. The following table shows the…
This is the register of the tribes as they were now enrolled, in the same order that they were numbered in ch. 1. Observe,
I. The account that is here kept of the families of each tribe, which must…
The twelve secular tribes are numbered, the sacred tribe of Levi being omitted. The names are based upon Gen 46:8-27, but with the addition of Ephraim and Manasseh, who, having been born in Egypt,…
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