Numbers 10:13

13 They set out, this first time, at the LORD’s command through Moses.

Numbers 10:13 in Other Translations

KJV
13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
ESV
13 They set out for the first time at the command of the LORD by Moses.
NLT
13 When the people set out for the first time, following the instructions the LORD had given through Moses,
MSG
13 They began their march at the command of God through Moses.
CSB
13 They set out for the first time according to the Lord's command through 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 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.
12 Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
13 They set out, this first time, at the LORD’s command through Moses.
14 The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.
15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 1:6
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