Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 28:10
Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
10. according to their birth ] i.e. according to their ages; cf. Exo 6:16. Jos. ( Ant. iii. 7. 5) says that the names of Jacob’s six elder sons were on the stone upon the right shoulder, and those of his six younger ones on the stone upon the left shoulder.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Levi seems to be omitted here, as being sufficiently represented by the high priest himself.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Six of their names on one stone,…. The names of the six eldest on the stone upon the right shoulder:
and the other six names of the rest on the other stone: the names of the six youngest on the stone upon the left shoulder; for these stones, as afterwards said, were put on the shoulders of the priests,
according to their birth; the order of it; so that upon the first stone were engraven the names of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, and Naphtali; and on the second stone the names of Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin; and so they are disposed by Jarchi, with whom Josephus agrees a; though some Jewish writers, and particularly Maimonides b, place them otherwise; but this seems most agreeable to the letter and sense of the text.
a Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 3. c. 7. sect. 5.) b Hilchot Cele Hamikdash, ut supra. (c. 9. sect. 9.)
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(10) The other six names of the rest.Heb., the remaining six names. Either Levi was omitted, or Josephs name took the place of Ephraims and Manassehs.
According to their birthi.e., in the order of their seniority.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
according to their birth. Here, on the shoulders (the place of strength), all were borne up alike; but over the heart (the place of love) the order was “according to the tribes” as God chose them, Exo 28:2.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
according to their birth: Exo 1:1-4, Gen 43:33
Reciprocal: Eze 10:9 – a beryl
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to {e} their birth.
(e) As they were in age, so should they be graven in order.