Numbers 10:13 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.”

Numbers 10:13

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And it came to pass on the twentieth {day} of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

In the first {place} went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host {was} Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar {was} Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

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Numbers 10:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 10:2

"Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps."

Numbers 10:3

"And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."

Numbers 10:4

"And if they blow {but} with one {trumpet}, then the princes, {which are} heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee."

Numbers 10:5

"When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward."

Numbers 10:6

"When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys."

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