[Avodah] Two questions on Pinehas

[Simon Montagu via Avodah]

Two things struck me in last week's parasha (in EY, this week's in hu"l):

Why is there no mention of Moshe's children in the lists of the Levite
families?

In the list of the other tribes, why do they appear in that order? It seems
at first glance to be Leah's children followed by Rachel's followed by
Bilhah's followed by Zilpah's (each group in age order), but how did Gad
get right up after Reuven and Shimon? I suppose a good answer to this would
need to cover all the other places in the Torah with a list of all twelve
tribes.

Any thoughts?
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