Numbers 10:18

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

Numbers 10:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:18

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according
to their armies
Next proceeded the standard of Reuben, having under it the tribes of Simeon and Gad, ( Numbers 10:19 Numbers 10:20 ) ; as "Reuben" signifies, "behold the son", and he had the tabernacle borne before him and the holy things behind him, which way soever this camp looked, it had in view what was a type of Christ the Son of God, the object of faith, the ark.

and over his host [was] Elizur the son of Shedeur;
over which respective armies were the same captains as in ( Numbers 2:10 Numbers 2:12 Numbers 2:14 ) ;

Numbers 10:18 In-Context

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.