Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.
- BSB This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
- NKJV Thus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey.
- NASB This was the order of marching for the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.
- NLT This was the order in which the Israelites marched, division by division.
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Quick answer
This was the order in which all Israel's armies set out on their journeys. The whole camp moved as one disciplined host.
Overview
The verse summarizes the ordered march of the entire nation by their divisions. Israel's organized advance reflects the God of order leading His redeemed people forward together toward the land He promised.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Num 2:34And 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.
- Num 10:35–36And 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.
- 1 Cor 14:33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
- Num 24:4–5He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
- Song 6:10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
- Col 2:5For 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 Cor 14:40Let all things be done decently and in order.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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