Numbers 10:26
in Numbers 10Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
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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.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
serving as the rear guard for all units
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 older commentators read the Hebrew as a gathering party that took up what the camps ahead had left.
This site's exposition
Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher
Asher's 41,500 men marched in the rear guard. Matthew Henry calls this rear camp the gathering host, which took up the weak, the unclean and all who fell behind on the march. Henry reads Pagiel's name as an encounter with God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 & 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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and [was] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| צְבָ֔א | tzeva' | [the] military group of | H6635 → | 485 times |
| מַטֵּ֖ה | mateh | [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָשֵׁ֑ר | ʾasher | Asher | H836 → | 43 times |
| פַּגְעִיאֵ֖ל | pagiel | Pagiel | H6295 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עָכְרָֽן׃ | ʾakheran | Ocran | H5918 → | 5 times |
וְעַל־and [was] over
veal-H5921 →5755 times
צְבָ֔א[the] military group of
tzeva'H6635 →485 times
מַטֵּ֖ה[the] tribe of
matehH4294 →252 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אָשֵׁ֑רAsher
ʾasherH836 →43 times
פַּגְעִיאֵ֖לPagiel
pagielH6295 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עָכְרָֽן׃Ocran
ʾakheranH5918 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 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 7:72On 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;
- Numbers 2:27
Through
Numbers 1:13from 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.
- Numbers 7:72
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
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.