Of Judah — The tribe of Simeon did not increase proportionably to the tribe of Judah in which they dwelt; as appears by those two catalogues, Numbers 1:22, Numbers 26:14, which is to be ascribed to God's curse upon them, delivered by the mouth of holy Jacob, Genesis 49:5, and signified by Moses's neglect of them when he blessed all the other tribes.

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