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Numbers 10:26

in Numbers 10

Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.

KJV

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.

This verse in Numbers 10

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the rereward of all the camps

on Numbers 10:25-28

Dan, Asher and Naphtali close the column as the north standard of Numbers 2:25-31. Rereward is the rear guard, and the older commentators note that the Hebrew behind it carries the sense of a gathering party, the men who took up what the camps ahead had left. Verse 28 closes the roll with a summary, and the whole list from verse 14 repeats Numbers 2 without altering a name or a position.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

27 ), he left his son Hobab with Moses, as Barzillai left Chimham with David; and the same word signifies both a father-in-law and a brother-in-law. Now this Hobab staid contentedly with Israel while they encamped at mount Sinai, near his own country; but, now that they were removing, he was for going back to his own country and kindred, and his father's house.

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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. See Gill on Num 10:25.

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

  • צְבָ֔א[the] military group of

    tzeva'H6635485 times

  • מַטֵּ֖ה[the] tribe of

    matehH4294252 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • אָשֵׁ֑רAsher

    ʾasherH83643 times

  • פַּגְעִיאֵ֖לPagiel

    pagielH62955 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • עָכְרָֽן׃Ocran

    ʾakheranH59185 times

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

The walk

3 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 7:72

    On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the Asherites, drew near.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 2:27

      The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 1:13

      from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

  • Through

    Numbers 1:13

    from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:72

      On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the Asherites, drew near.

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 Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.