5Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, …
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. …
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. …
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. …
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Here we have, I. An account of the restraint laid upon the winds. By these winds we suppose are meant those errors and corruptions in religion which would occasion a great deal of trouble and mischief to the church of God. Sometimes the Holy Spirit is compared to the wind: here the spirits of error are compared to the four winds , contrary one to another, but doing much hurt to the church, the gar…
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