Numbers 10:13

That was the first time we/they moved, obeying the instructions that Yahweh had given to Moses/me to tell them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12So we/the Israelis traveled from the Sinai Desert, and we/they continued traveling north until the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.

14The group that went first, carrying their flag/banner, was the group from the tribe of Judah. Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, was their leader.

Read all of Numbers 10

Cross References

Numbers 9:23When Yahweh commanded us/them to stop and set up our/their tents, we/they did that. When he told us/them to move, we/they moved. We/They did whatever Yahweh told Moses/me that we/they should do.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 10:12-29

The Removal of the Camp. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 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. 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 10:13