Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
On the north . . . on the south—A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read, "And on the north and on the south." In Ezekiel, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan (for which Manasseh is substituted in Revelation 7:6), are on the east (Ezekiel 48:32); Reuben, Judah, Levi, are on the north (Ezekiel 48:31); Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, on the south (Ezekiel 48:33); Gad, Asher, Naphtali, on the west (Ezekiel 48:34). In Numbers, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun are on the east (Numbers 2:3, Numbers 2:5, Numbers 2:7). Reuben, Simeon, Gad, on the south (Numbers 2:10, Numbers 2:12, Numbers 2:14). Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin, on the west (Numbers 2:18, Numbers 2:20, Numbers 2:22). Dan, Asher, Naphtali, on the north (Numbers 2:25, Numbers 2:27, Numbers 2:29).
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