Deuteronomy 27:12

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12 These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;


Commentary on this verse  

By Alexander Payne

Verse 12. "That the following principles will be present in the interiors of the soul to bless it when it is come to an internal state: Faith in the will (Simeon), spiritual and mutual love or charity (Levi), and celestial love or love to the Lord (Judah); the hope of salvation (Issachar), and the conjunction in the mind of celestial, spiritual, and natural things (Joseph and Benjamin); [Note.—The soul is in an internal state when it loves and desires above all things the Lord's will and the good of others. It is in an external state when its affections are engaged about selfish and worldly things.]"