Numbers 10:13
in Numbers 10They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
KJV
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Rather, And they journeyed (or, set forth) in the order of precedence according to (i. e. established by) the commandment of the Lord, etc., and described in Num 10:14-28.
This site's exposition
according to the commandment of
on Numbers 10:13-14
Judah leads, as Numbers 2:3 had set it, pitched on the east toward the rising of the sun, and that precedence runs back to Genesis 49:10. The captain named is Nahshon the son of Amminadab, whose sister Elisheba married Aaron at Exodus 6:23 and whose name stands in the line of David at Ruth 4:20 and in the line of Christ at Matthew 1:4. Matthew Henry reads the leading standard as an early pledge of the sceptre afterward committed to David.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 Num 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.
While they are sure they cannot lose their God and guide, they need not fear losing their way. The place they rested in, after three days' march: They went out of the wilderness of Sinai, and rested in the wilderness of Paran. Note, All our removals in this world are but from one wilderness to another.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The marching order is described (Nu 2:1-34); but, as the vast horde is represented here in actual migration, let us notice the extraordinary care that was taken for ensuring the safe conveyance of the holy things.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
למסעיהם means, in accordance with the regulations set forth for the journeys of their divisions — which should be the first to set out and which the last.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
I do not know why He mentioned here the names of the princes of the standards, since He has already mentioned them. 121 Above,:3,,,.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּסְע֖וּ | vaiyisu | and they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה | barishonah | at the first [time] | H7223 → | 182 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּ֥י | pi | [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מֹשֶֽׁה׃ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
וַיִּסְע֖וּand they set out
vaiyisuH5265 →146 times
בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑הat the first [time]
barishonahH7223 →182 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּ֥י[the] mouth of
piH6310 →498 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
מֹשֶֽׁה׃Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 1:6The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
it leads to
- Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Numbers 10:11–13
On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
- Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in…
- Exodus 19:1–2
In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 5:2
The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
- Exodus 3:1
Through
Numbers 9:23They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.
it leads to
- Joshua 22:3
All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
- Numbers 9:19
Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
- Genesis 26:5
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
- Joshua 22:3
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.