And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
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By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.
And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
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Adam Clarke
Now these are the names of the tribes - See the division mentioned Num 34:7-12, which casts much light upon this.
John Gill
The oblation that ye shall offer to the Lord,.... That which belonged to the sanctuary, and to the priests, which was taken and separated for that use; which here, and in the following verses, is particularly and separately considered:
shall be of five and twenty thousand in length; that is, five and twenty thousand reeds from east to west:
and of ten thousand in breadth; from north to south; see Eze 45:3.
JFB
Reuben--doomed formerly for incest and instability "not to excel" (Gen 49:4). So no distinguished prophet, priest, or king had come from it. Of it were the notorious Dathan and Abiram, the mutineers. A pastoral and Bedouin character marked it and Gad (Jdg 5:16).
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