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Numbers 10:21

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the Kohathites set forward,.... After the standard of the camps of Reuben, and between that and the standard of the camp of Ephraim, to, which there is an allusion in Psalms 80:2; bearing the sanctuary, or the holy things, as Jarchi; the ark, as Aben Ezra; though not that only, which indeed might be eminently called so, it standing in the most...

Numbers 10:22

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies,.... Next followed the standard of the camp of Ephraim, under which were Manasseh and Benjamin, Numbers 10:23; and over his host [was] Elishama the son of Ammihud; over whom were the same captains, as in Numbers 2:18.

Numbers 10:25

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,.... Next after that of Ephraim, the last of all: which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their host; which brought up the rear, and was fittest for that purpose, being the most numerous, next to that of Judah, which led the van; or, the gatherer up of all the camps (n),...

Numbers 10:28

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel,.... Or this was the order of them, as Jarchi; in this form and manner they marched, and a most wise, beautiful, and regular order it was; first the standard of Judah, a camp consisting of 186,400 able men fit for war, then followed the Gershonites and Merarites with six wagons carrying the...

Numbers 10:29

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father in law,.... Some think this Hobab was the same with Jethro, whose father's name was Raguel or Reuel; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom; but rather Raguel or Reuel, and Jethro, seem to be the same, and was Moses's father-in-law, and this Hobab was the son of him, and brother of...

Numbers 10:30

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And he said unto him, I will not go,.... Which was a very peremptory answer, he seemed determined, and at a point about it for the present, though it is, probable he afterwards changed his mind, like the young man in the parable, Matthew 21:29; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred; which were prevailing motives with him, his...

Numbers 10:31

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And he said,.... That is, Moses, he replied to Hobab, unwilling to take him at his word and go without him: leave us not, I pray thee; or "not now"; as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; at this present time, under our present difficulties, while we are in the wilderness; though Jarchi says the particle נא signifies beseeching or supplication:...

Numbers 10:32

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be,.... This repetition is for the confirmation of it, more strongly assuring him of what follows: that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee; signifying that whatsoever they enjoyed in the land of Canaan he should have his share with them: the Targum of Jonathan...

Numbers 10:33

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days' journey,...., From Mount Sinai, so called, because the Lord descended upon it, and gave the law from it; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, "from the mount on which the glory of the Lord (or of his Shechinah or divine Majesty) was revealed.'' This they left, after they had been nearly...

Numbers 10:34

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the cloud of the Lord [was] upon them by day,.... Not only upon the tabernacle, and upon the ark particularly, but it spread itself in journeying over the whole body of the people, and therefore said to be a covering to them from the heat of the sun, Psalms 105:39; as well as it was a guide unto them, and a token of the divine Presence with...

Numbers 10:35

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward,.... Carried by the Kohathites, Numbers 10:21; that Moses said; in prayer, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem express it; and it was a prayer of faith, and prophetic of what would be done, and might serve greatly to encourage and animate the children of Israel in their journeys; for the...

Numbers 10:36

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And when it passed,.... The ark, and the cloud over it: he said; Moses stood and prayed, as before, according to the above Targums, in the following manner: return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel; who were six hundred thousand footmen, besides women and children, Numbers 11:21; the import of this petition is, that upon the resting of...

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