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Numbers 1:19

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

As the Lord commanded Moses,.... In this Moses and David differed in numbering the people of Israel; the one did it by an express command from God, and in obedience to it; the other without one, and against his will, 1 Chronicles 21:17; so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai; where they now were when this order was given, Numbers 1:1; and...

Numbers 1:20

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son,.... Were numbered first, and next to them those of Simeon and Gad, for they were numbered according to the order in which they were to be encamped; for under Reuben's standard were Simeon and Gad, and under Judah's Issachar and Zebulun, and under Ephraim's Manasseh and Benjamin, and under Dan's...