Numbers 10:13

13 And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by 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 came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.

12 And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

13 And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

14 And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children of Juda with their host; and over their host Naasson, son of Aminadab.

15 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nathanael son of Sogar.