John Gill Commentary Exodus 28:10

"six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth." — Exodus 28:10 (ASV)

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 ^F1 ; though some Jewish writers, and particularly Maimonides ^F2 , place them otherwise; but this seems most agreeable to the letter and sense of the text.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 3. c. 7. sect. 5.)
• F2: Hilchot Cele Hamikdash, ut supra. (c. 9. sect. 9.)