Numbers 10:18

18 Next the standard of the camp of Reuben set out, company by company; and over the whole company was Elizur son of Shedeur.

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 company of the tribe of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon.

17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites, who carried the tabernacle, set out.

18 Next the standard of the camp of Reuben set out, company by company; and over the whole company was Elizur son of Shedeur.

19 Over the company of the tribe of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

20 and over the company of the tribe of Gad was Eliasaph son of Deuel.