Numbers 10:13

13 This was their first time to move, and they did it as the Lord had commanded 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 The cloud lifted from the Tent of the Agreement on the twentieth day of the second month of the second year.

12 So the Israelites moved from the Desert of Sinai and continued until the cloud stopped in the Desert of Paran.

13 This was their first time to move, and they did it as the Lord had commanded Moses.

14 The divisions from the camp of Judah moved first under their flag. Nahshon son of Amminadab was the commander.

15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar.