Numbers 10:13

13 They first went forward according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.

Numbers 10:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:13

And they first took their journey, according to the
commandment of the Lord
Which was virtually contained in and signified by the taking up of the cloud, see ( Numbers 9:18 ) ;

by the hand of Moses;
by his means and ministry, who had informed them, that it was the will of God, that when they saw the cloud taken up to set forward in their journey, and they were obedient thereunto.

Numbers 10:13 In-Context

11 In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the covenant.

12 The children of Israel went forward on their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.

13 They first went forward according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.

14 First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.

15 Nethanel the son of Zuar was over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar.