Numbers 10 · Verse 20

Numbers 10:20

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Numbers 10:20, King James Version

Numbers 10:20 in other translations

BSBand Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
WEBEliasaph the son of Deuel was over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad.
ASVAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
YLTAnd over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel;
DARBYand over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
BBEAt the head of the army of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Reuel.
WebsterAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

What does Numbers 10:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 10:13-27

13-27. the children of Israel took their journey ... by the hand of Moses--It is probable that Moses, on the breaking up of the encampment, stationed himself on some eminence to see the ranks defile in order through the embouchure of the mountains. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:11-28

After the Israelites had continued nearly a year at mount Sinai, and all was settled respecting their future worship, they began their march to Canaan. True religion begins with the knowledge of the holy law of God, and humiliation for sin, but we must go on towards perfection, in acquaintance with Christ and his gospel, and those effectual encouragements, motives, and assistances to holiness, which it proposes…

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Numbers 10:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַל\־ve.'al-and [was] overH5921
צְבָ֖אtze.Va'[the] military group ofH6635
מַטֵּ֣הma.Teh[the] tribe ofH4294
בְנֵי\־ve.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
גָ֑דGadGadH1410
אֶלְיָסָ֖ף'el.ya.SafEliasaphH460
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
דְּעוּאֵֽל\׃de.'u.'ElDeuelH1845

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 10:20

  • Numbers 1:14

    Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

  • Numbers 2:14

    Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

  • Numbers 7:42

    On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eliasaph.
1:14; 2:14
son of Reuel.
7:42

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Context

  • Numbers 10:19

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

  • Numbers 10:20

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

  • Numbers 10:21

    And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

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Numbers 10:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y sobre el ejército de la tribu de los hijos de Gad, Eliasaph hijo de Dehuel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et l’armée de la tribu des fils de Gad était sous Éliasaph, fils de Dehuel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Gad war Eljasaph, der Sohn Deghuels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro in tribu Gad erat princeps Eliasaph filius Duel.