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Numbers 10:28

That was the way the Israelites marched when they moved from place to place.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Numbers, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Asher;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Numbers, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Thus were the travels of the children of Yisra'el according to their hosts; and they set forward.
King James Version
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
Lexham English Bible
These were the departures of the Israelites according to their divisions; and so they set out.
New Century Version
This was the order the Israelite divisions marched in when they moved.
New English Translation
These were the traveling arrangements of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled.
Amplified Bible
This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they moved out.
New American Standard Bible
This was the order of marching for the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These were the remouings of the children of Israel according to their armies, whe they marched.
Legacy Standard Bible
This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.
Contemporary English Version
This was the order in which the Israelites marched each time they moved their camp.
Complete Jewish Bible
This is how the people of Isra'el traveled by companies; thus they moved forward.
Darby Translation
These were the settings forward of the children of Israel according to their hosts: so did they set forward.
English Standard Version
This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus was the order of the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts.
Good News Translation
This, then, was the order of march, company by company, whenever the Israelites broke camp and set out.
Christian Standard Bible®
This was the order of march for the Israelites by their military divisions as they set out.
Literal Translation
These were the journeyings of the sons of Israel according to their armies. And they pulled up stakes .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus the childre of Israel wete forth with their armyes.
American Standard Version
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward.
Bible in Basic English
This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are the iourneys of the chyldren of Israel throughout their armies, and thus the hoastes remoued.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts.--And they set forward.
King James Version (1611)
Thus were the iourneyings of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they set forward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.
English Revised Version
Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward.
Berean Standard Bible
This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These ben the castels and the goinges forth of the sones of Israel, bi her cumpenyes, whanne thei yeden out.
Young's Literal Translation
These [are] journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts -- and they journey.
Update Bible Version
Thus were the journeyings of the sons of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they moved forward.
World English Bible
Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward.
New King James Version
Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey.
New Living Translation
This was the order in which the Israelites marched, division by division.
New Life Bible
This was how the people of Israel moved on by their armies.
New Revised Standard
This was the order of march of the Israelites, company by company, when they set out.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, were the settings-forward of the sons of Israel by their hosts, - thus did they set forward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
This was the order of the camps, and marches of the children of Israel by their troops, when they set forward.
Revised Standard Version
This was the order of march of the people of Israel according to their hosts, when they set out.
THE MESSAGE
These were the marching units of the People of Israel. They were on their way.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.

Contextual Overview

11 On the 20th day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites left Egypt, the cloud rose from above the Tent of the Agreement. 12 So the Israelites began their journey. They left the desert of Sinai and traveled until the cloud stopped in the desert of Paran. 13 This was the first time the people moved their camp. They moved it the way the Lord commanded Moses. 14 The three divisions from Judah's camp went first. They traveled under their flag. The first group was the tribe of Judah. Nahshon son of Amminadab was the commander of that group. 15 Next came the tribe of Issachar. Nethanel son of Zuar was the commander of that group. 16 And then came the tribe of Zebulun. Eliab son of Helon was the commander of that group. 17 Then the Holy Tent was taken down. And the men from the Gershon and the Merari families carried the Holy Tent. So the people from these families were next in line. 18 Then came the three divisions from Reuben's camp. They traveled under their flag. The first group was the tribe of Reuben. Elizur son of Shedeur was the commander of that group. 19 Next came the tribe of Simeon. Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was the commander of that group. 20 And then came the tribe of Gad. Eliasaph son of Deuel was the commander of that group.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thus were: Heb. These

according: Numbers 10:35, Numbers 10:36, Numbers 2:34, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:5, Song of Solomon 6:10, 1 Corinthians 14:33, 1 Corinthians 14:40, Colossians 2:5

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
All these people were descendants of Ham. They are arranged by families, languages, countries, and nations.
Genesis 10:28
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Genesis 25:3
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The people of Asshur, Leum, and Letush were descendants of Dedan.
1 Kings 10:1
The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, so she came to test him with hard questions.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel,.... Or this was the order of them, as Jarchi; in this form and manner they marched, and a most wise, beautiful, and regular order it was; first the standard of Judah, a camp consisting of 186,400 able men fit for war, then followed the Gershonites and Merarites with six wagons carrying the heavier parts of the tabernacle; next to them the standard of the camp of Reuben, having in it 151,450 warlike men; next to them were the Kohathites, bearing the holy things of the sanctuary on their shoulders, who were followed by the standard of the camp of Ephraim, which was formed of 108,100 men fit for military service; and last of all the standard of the camp of Dan, which consisted of 157,600 men, able to bear arms, and which had under their care all that were not able which belonged to the other tribes; an emblem of the church of God in its militant state, walking according to the order of the Gospel, and in all the ordinances of it, which is a lovely sight to behold, Song of Solomon 6:4; thus they marched

according to their armies; ranged under their several standards:

when they set forward; in their journey through the wilderness; as now, so at all other times, this order was carefully observed by them.


 
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