of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
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of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
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Of the trybe of zabulon were sealed xii.M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed xii.M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were sealed xii. thowsande.
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Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed twelue thousande. Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed twelue thousand.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Of Ephraim, who was Joseph’s other son, and had…
Of Ephraim, who was Joseph’s other son, and had the birthright given him, whereof he is called Joseph.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve…
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Ver. 8. Of Joseph] That is, of Ephraim, who, though Joseph’s younger son, yet had the first birthright. Ephraim is not named (though tacitly intended here) because joined to idols; let him alone therefore, saith God, Hos 4:17.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand,....…
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand,.... Which signifies "dwelling", Gen 30:20; and was the tribe in which Christ had his dwelling, and where he much conversed; and may denote his gracious inhabitation, as well as that of God the Father, md of the Spirit, among the saints and sealed ones.
Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand; whose name signifies "adding", Gen 30:24; and may intend the additions both of numbers, and of gifts and graces to the churches of those times.
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Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand; this word signifies "the Son of the right hand", Gen 35:18; showing, that these sealed ones are as a signet on God's right hand, and are as near and dear unto him as a man's right hand is to him; see Psa 80:17. Now twelve thousand out of each tribe make just the number of a hundred forty and four thousand, Rev 7:4; the tribe of Dan is not mentioned, it may be because of the apostasy of that tribe, one of Jeroboam's golden calves being set up there; showing that God had no sealed ones of that sort, and instead of him Levi is reckoned; though that tribe had no part in the division of the land of Israel, yet had a part in Christ, and is therefore mentioned in this mystical account. Nor is the name of Ephraim used, it may be for the same reason; there having been a great defection in that tribe from the pure worship of God, and instead of him the name of Joseph appears.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Of the tribe of Joseph - Or Ephraim; perhaps…
Of the tribe of Joseph - Or Ephraim; perhaps not mentioned by name, as having been, with Daniel, the most idolatrous of all the tribes. It is farther observable of Daniel, that it was very early reduced to a single family; which family itself seems to have been cut off in war, before the time of Ezra; for in the Chronicles, where the posterity of the patriarchs is recited, Dan. is wholly omitted.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. See Clarke on Re 7:5.
Verse 8. See Clarke on Re 7:5.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand.…
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand, Ephraim is omitted, while Manasses is inserted. Wordsworth considers that this is on account of the rebellions character of the tribe of Ephraim. (see 1Ki_12:25 Isa_7:9, 17 Ho 5, etc.) But Ephraim is sometimes identical with Joseph, (cf. Psa_78:67 Eze_37:16) who here finds a place among the twelve.
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