Numbers 10 · Verse 28

Numbers 10:28

Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
Numbers 10:28, King James Version

Numbers 10:28 in other translations

BSBThis was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
WEBThus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.
ASVThus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward.
YLTThese are journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts--and they journey.
DARBYThese were the settings forward of the children of Israel according to their hosts: so did they set forward.
BBEThis was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.
WebsterThus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they moved forward.

What does Numbers 10:28 mean?

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 10:28 in the original Hebrew

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אֵ֛לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
מַסְעֵ֥יmas.'Ei[are] [the] settings out ofH4550
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְצִבְאֹתָ֑םle.tziv.'o.Tamto military groups theirH6635
וַיִּסָּֽעוּ\׃\ \סvai.yi.Sa.'uand they set outH5265

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Cross references for Numbers 10:28

  • Numbers 2:34

    And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

  • 1 Corinthians 14:33

    For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

  • Numbers 10:35-36

    And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.

  • Song of Solomon 6:10

    Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

  • Numbers 24:4-5

    He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

  • Colossians 2:5

    For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

  • 1 Corinthians 14:40

    Let all things be done decently and in order.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thus were. Heb. These. according.
35,36; 2:34; 24:4,5; So 6:10; 1Co 14:33,40; Col 2:5

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Context

  • Numbers 10:27

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

  • Numbers 10:28

    Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

  • Numbers 10:29

    And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

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Numbers 10:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Estas son las partidas de los hijos de Israel por sus ejércitos, cuando se movían.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tel fut l’ordre de marche des fils d’Israël, selon leurs armées; et ils partirent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das war die Marschordnung der Kinder Israel nach ihren Heeren; und so brachen sie auf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc sunt castra, et profectiones filiorum Israël per turmas suas quando egrediebantur.