Numbers 10:13

11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

12 and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

14 First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
KJV
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
WEB
They first went forward according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.
ASV
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
DARBY
And they first took their journey, according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.
BLB
And they set out at the first according to the mouth of YHWH by the hand of Moses.
ÅB
Dette var første gang de brøt opp, og det var etter Herrens ord ved Moses.
OTB
De brøt opp for første gang på Herrens befaling gjennom Moses.
B1930
Dette var første gang de brøt op, og det var efter Herrens ord ved Moses.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 1:6

    The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

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  • Numbers 9:23

    They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.

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