Numbers 10:25

25 Then 1the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the 2rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was 3Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 10:25 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:25

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set
forward
Next after that of Ephraim, the last of all: which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their host; which brought up the rear, and was fittest for that purpose, being the most numerous, next to that of Judah, which led the van; or, the gatherer up of all the camps F14, under which were collected and brought on all that belonged to the other tribes; as all under twenty years of age, which were not taken into the camps, and the women and children, and weak and sickly persons, the mixed multitude, and all stragglers: these were all under the care and charge of this camp, and under the standard of which were Asher and Naphtali, ( Numbers 10:26 Numbers 10:27 ) ; over whom were the same captains as in ( Numbers 2:25 Numbers 2:27 Numbers 2:29 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F14 (tnxmh lkl Poam) "colligens omnia castra", Montanus, Drusius; "[vel] collector omnium castrorum", Fagius, Vatablus; "colligens omnia agmina", Tigurine version, Munster.

Numbers 10:25 In-Context

23 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
25 Then the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
27 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

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