Numbers 10:28

²⁸ This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

Numbers 10

Other Translations of Numbers 10:28

King James Version

²⁸ Thus were Thus: Heb. These the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

English Standard Version

²⁸ This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.

The Message

²⁸ These were the marching units of the People of Israel. They were on their way.

New King James Version

²⁸ Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey.

New Living Translation

²⁸ This was the order in which the Israelites marched, division by division.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 10:28

Commentary on Numbers 10:11-28

(Read 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. They took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord, Deuteronomy 1:6-8, and as the cloud led them. Those who give themselves to the direction of God's word and Spirit, steer a steady course, even when they seem bewildered. While they are sure they cannot lose their God and Guide, they need not fear losing their way. They went out of the wilderness of Sinai, and rested in the wilderness of Paran. All our removes in this world are but from one wilderness to another. The changes we think will be for the better do not always prove so. We shall never be at rest, never at home, till we come to heaven, but all will be well there.