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 ) ;