This was the order in which the Israelites marched, division by division.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.
- KJV Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set 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.
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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 2:34Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.
- Num 10:35–36When the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”
- 1 Cor 14:33for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
- Num 24:4–5he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
- Song 6:10Who is she who looks out as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
- Col 2:5For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
- 1 Cor 14:40Let all things be done decently and in order.
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Christ at the center
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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