Numbers 10:18
18
The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command.
Read Numbers 10:18 Using Other Translations
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Reuben’s troops went next, marching behind their banner. Their leader was Elizur son of Shedeur.
What does Numbers 10:18 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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 ) ;
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