Numbers 10:18

18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions; Elizur son of Shedeur [was] over their division.

Numbers 10:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:18

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according
to their armies
Next proceeded the standard of Reuben, having under it the tribes of Simeon and Gad, ( Numbers 10:19 Numbers 10:20 ) ; as "Reuben" signifies, "behold the son", and he had the tabernacle borne before him and the holy things behind him, which way soever this camp looked, it had in view what was a type of Christ the Son of God, the object of faith, the ark.

and over his host [was] Elizur the son of Shedeur;
over which respective armies were the same captains as in ( Numbers 2:10 Numbers 2:12 Numbers 2:14 ) ;

Numbers 10:18 In-Context

16 Eliab son of Helon [was] over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Zebulun.

17 The tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, the bearers of the tabernacle, set out.

18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions; Elizur son of Shedeur [was] over their division.

19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai [was] over the division of the sons of the tribe of Simeon.

20 Eliasaph son of Deuel [was] over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Gad.