Numbers 10 · Verse 24

Numbers 10:24

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers 10:24, King James Version

Numbers 10:24 in other translations

BSBand Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
WEBAbidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin.
ASVAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
YLTAnd over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.
DARBYand over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
BBEAt the head of the army of the children of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
WebsterAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

What does Numbers 10:24 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 10:24 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.

וְעַ֨ל\־ve.'Al-and [was] overH5921
צְבָ֔אtze.Va'[the] military group ofH6635
מַטֵּ֖הma.Teh[the] tribe ofH4294
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
בִנְיָמִ֑ןvin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
אֲבִידָ֖ן'a.vi.DanAbidanH27
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
גִּדְעוֹנִֽי\׃\ \סgid.'o.NiGideoniH1441

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

Cross references for Numbers 10:24

  • Numbers 1:11

    Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  • Numbers 7:60

    On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Abidan.
1:11; 7:60

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Context

  • Numbers 10:23

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Numbers 10:24

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  • Numbers 10:25

    And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Numbers 10:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sobre el ejército de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín, Abidán hijo de Gedeón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et l’armée de la tribu des fils de Benjamin était sous Abidan, fils de Guidhoni.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Benjamin war Abidan, der Sohn Gideonis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et in tribu Benjamin erat dux Abidan filius Gedeonis.