Numbers 10:28
in Numbers 10This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward.
KJV
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
3 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
This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions
Clarke sets out the column as Judah's camp, the Gershonites and Merarites with the tent, Reuben's camp, the Kohathites, then Ephraim's and Dan's camps. Matthew Henry reads the repeated mention of the LORD's command as an answer to the later charge that Israel wandered lost. Every step was ordered.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel,....
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֛לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| מַסְעֵ֥י | masei | [are] [the] settings out of | H4550 → | 12 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם | letzivotam | to military groups their | H6635 → | 485 times |
| וַיִּסָּֽעוּ׃ ס | vaiyisau | and they set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
אֵ֛לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
מַסְעֵ֥י[are] [the] settings out of
maseiH4550 →12 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְצִבְאֹתָ֑םto military groups their
letzivotamH6635 →485 times
וַיִּסָּֽעוּ׃ סand they set out
vaiyisauH5265 →146 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
1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
it leads to
- James 3:17–18
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- 1 Corinthians 14:40
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
- Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- 1 Corinthians 11:16
If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
- James 3:17–18
Through
Song of Solomon 6:10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:4
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
- Revelation 12:1
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
- Song of Solomon 6:4
Through
Numbers 2:34So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:6
Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:6
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
