Numbers 10:13

13 They set out {for the first time} on the command of Yahweh in the hand of Moses.

Numbers 10:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:13

And they first took their journey, according to the
commandment of the Lord
Which was virtually contained in and signified by the taking up of the cloud, see ( Numbers 9:18 ) ;

by the hand of Moses;
by his means and ministry, who had informed them, that it was the will of God, that when they saw the cloud taken up to set forward in their journey, and they were obedient thereunto.

Numbers 10:13 In-Context

11 And it happened, in the second year, in the second month, on [the] twentieth of the month the cloud was lifted from upon the tabernacle of the testimony.

12 And the {Israelites} set out for their journey from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud dwelled in the desert of Paran.

13 They set out {for the first time} on the command of Yahweh in the hand of Moses.

14 The standard of the camp of the descendants of Judah set out for the first time according to their divisions, with Nahshon son of Amminadab over its division.

15 And Nathanel son of Zuar [was] over the division of the descendants of Issachar;

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "in the beginning"
• [b]. Or "through Moses"