Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
Ver. 7. Of the tribe of Levi] Levi is taken in, Dan cut out of the roll for his shameful recidivation and revolt from the true religion, Judges 18:30,31. This, Jacob foresaw and bewailed in that holy ejaculation on his death bed, Genesis 49:17,18. There is no reckoning made or account given of this tribe (as there is of the rest), 1Ch 7:1; 1 Chronicles 7:6; 1 Chronicles 7:13; 1Ch 7:20; 1 Chronicles 7:30. The fable of Antichrist to come from Dan, is so thin a device, that Bellarmine could not but see through it, and disclaim it (Lib. iii. de Pont. Rom. cap. xii.).