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Numbers 10:20

in Numbers 10

and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

KJV

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

This verse in Numbers 10

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This 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 over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. See Gill on Num 10:18.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְעַל־and [was] over

    veal-H59215755 times

  • צְבָ֖א[the] military group of

    tzeva'H6635485 times

  • מַטֵּ֣ה[the] tribe of

    matehH4294252 times

  • בְנֵי־[the] descendants of

    venei-H11214930 times

  • גָ֑דGad

    gadH141072 times

  • אֶלְיָסָ֖ףEliasaph

    ʾelyasafH4606 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • דְּעוּאֵֽל׃Deuel

    deuelH18454 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

4 stops

Each 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 7:42

    On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 1:14

      from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:14

    from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

    it leads to

    • Numbers 2:14

      Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Numbers 2:14

    Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:42

      On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 7:47

      and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

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.