Numbers 10:12-22

12 And the childern of Israel toke their iurney out of the deserte of Sinai and the cloude rested in ye wildernesse of Para.

13 And ye first toke their iurney at the mouth of the Lorde by the honde of Moses:

14 euen the standerte of ye hoste of Iuda remoued first with their armies whose captayne was Nahesson ye sonne of Aminadab.

15 And ouer the hoste of ye trybe of the childern of Isachar was Nathaneel the sonne of zuar.

16 And ouer the hoste of ye trybe of the childern of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Helon.

17 And the habitacion was taken doune: and the sonnes of Gerson and Merari went forth bearynge the habitacion

18 Then the standert of the hoste of Ruben went forth with their armies whose captayne was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur.

19 And ouer the hoste of the trybe of ye childern of Simeon was Selumiel

20 the sonne of Deguel.

21 Then the Cahathites went forwarde and bare the holy thynges and the other dyd set vp the habitacion agenst they came.

22 Then the standert of the hoste of the childern of Ephraim went forth with their armies whose captayne was Elisama the sonne of Amiud.

Numbers 10:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10

This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1-10; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11-28; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29-32; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33-36.