Numbers 10:11-21

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.

16 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Chaelon.

17 And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.

18 And the order of the camp of Ruben set forward with their host; and over their host Elisur the son of Sediur.

19 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Symeon, Salamiel son of Surisadai.

20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel.

21 And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.

Numbers 10:11-21 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. margin.