Numbers 10:15-25

15 Over the company of the tribe of Issachar was Nethanel son of Zuar;

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.

21 Then the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, set out; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

22 Next the standard of the Ephraimite camp set out, company by company, and over the whole company was Elishama son of Ammihud.

23 Over the company of the tribe of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,

24 and over the company of the tribe of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni.

25 Then the standard of the camp of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out, company by company, and over the whole company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 10:15-25 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.