22Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-34)We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their place, to prevent strife and envy among them. Had they been left to determine precedency among themselves, they would have been in danger of quarrelling with one another (as the disciples who strove which…
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