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Numbers 10:20-30

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20 and Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the tribal army of the sons of Gad.
21 1Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and 2the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.
22 3Next the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies, was set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army,
23 and Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur over the tribal army of the sons of Manasseh;
24 and Abidan the son of Gideoni over the tribal army of the sons of Benjamin.
25 4Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, according to their armies, which formed the 5rear guard for all the camps, set out, with Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai over its army,
26 and Pagiel the son of Ochran over the tribal army of the sons of Asher;
27 and Ahira the son of Enan over the tribal army of the sons of Naphtali.
28 This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.
29 Then Moses said to 6Hobab the son of 7Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out to the place of which the LORD said, '8I will give it to you'; 9come with us and we will do you good, for the LORD 10has promised good concerning Israel."
30 But he said to him, "11I will not come, but rather * will go to my own land and relatives."
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Numbers 10:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10

This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1-10; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11-28; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29-32; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. Numbers 4:4-20
  • 2. Numbers 10:17
  • 3. Numbers 2:18-24
  • 4. Numbers 2:25-31
  • 5. Joshua 6:9, 13
  • 6. Judges 4:11
  • 7. Exodus 2:18; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 18:12
  • 8. Genesis 12:7; Exodus 6:4-8
  • 9. Psalms 95:1-7; Psalms 100:1-5
  • 10. Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 30:5
  • 11. Judges 1:16; Matthew 21:28, 29

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit "These are the settings out of the sons"
  • [b]. Lit "spoken"
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