Numbers 10:18
in Numbers 10Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
KJV
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the standard of the camp of Reuben
on Numbers 10:18-20
Reuben, Simeon and Gad move next, the south standard of Numbers 2:10-16. Reuben was the firstborn and walks fourth in the column, which Genesis 49:3-4 had explained and Numbers 2 had already fixed. The order of the march is the order of the camp down to the last name, so the arrangement holds when the nation is in motion.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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, Num 10:19; 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 Num 2:10;
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.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָסַ֗ע | venasa' | and it set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| דֶּ֛גֶל | degel | [the] standard of | H1714 → | 14 times |
| מַחֲנֵ֥ה | machaneh | [the] camp of | H4264 → | 215 times |
| רְאוּבֵ֖ן | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם | letzivotam | to military groups their | H6635 → | 485 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and [was] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| צְבָא֔וֹ | tzevao | military group its | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֱלִיצ֖וּר | ʾelitzur | Elizur | H468 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃ | shedeiur | Shedeur | H7707 → | 5 times |
וְנָסַ֗עand it set out
venasa'H5265 →146 times
דֶּ֛גֶל[the] standard of
degelH1714 →14 times
מַחֲנֵ֥ה[the] camp of
machanehH4264 →215 times
רְאוּבֵ֖ןReuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
לְצִבְאֹתָ֑םto military groups their
letzivotamH6635 →485 times
וְעַל־and [was] over
veal-H5921 →5755 times
צְבָא֔וֹmilitary group its
tzevaoH6635 →485 times
אֱלִיצ֖וּרElizur
ʾelitzurH468 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃Shedeur
shedeiurH7707 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Numbers 1:5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
it leads to
- Numbers 7:30
On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.
- Exodus 1:2–5
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
- Revelation 7:4–8
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
- Genesis 35:17–26
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
- Numbers 2:10
On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 7:30
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.