Quoting%20commentary for Sotah 72:4
ואלא מאי והחציו תנא חציו של מול הר גריזים מרובה מחציו של הר עיבל מפני שלוי למטה
In that case, how am I to explain 'according to their birth'? [It means that the inscription was] according to the names which their father called them and not according to the names which Moses called them — Reuben and not Reubeni, Simeon and not Simeoni, Dan and not had-Dani, Gad and not hag-Gadi.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The latter are the tribal as distinct from the personal names. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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