All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
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All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
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All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
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all that were numbered of the camp of Judah being a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts; they shall set forth first.
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- Numbers 10:14 First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Of them which were contained under that name.
Of them which were contained under that name.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This was the most numerous camp, because they marched…
This was the most numerous camp, because they marched first, as being placed on the east and going towards the east, and because they guarded the sanctuary.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain All that were numbered in the camp of Judah…
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,
throughout their armies,.... 186,400 men. The sum total of the three tribes, which formed that camp: this was the largest camp of them all, being near 30,000 more than Dan's, Num 2:31, which was the next in number unto it, and therefore placed foremost, and as the vanguard to the tabernacle:
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these shall first set forth; in a march, when about to journey; when they saw the cloud remove, the priests blew with the trumpets, and then the camp of Judah moved first, as Jarchi observes, and when they went out to fight, Judah went up first, Jdg 1:1.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain First. The gate of the tabernacle looked towards the…
First. The gate of the tabernacle looked towards the east. (Haydock) --- Juda marched therefore in the first ranks. Then followed Ruben, the Levites, with the camp of the Lord. (Calmet) --- (Yet see chap x. 17.; Haydock) --- Afterwards came Ephraim; and last of all, Gad, ver. 16, 17, 24, 31. But in the camp, Juda, Issachar and Zabulon, Moses and Aaron, dwelt on the eastern side of the tabernacle; Ruben, Simeon and Gad, with the Caathites, to the west; and Dan, Aser and Nephtali, with the Merarites, on the north. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. These shall first set forth — Literally, pull…
9. These shall first set forth — Literally, pull up (stakes) first: the first to break up camp and march was to be Judah’s grand division. Mr. Bush, following Rosenmuller, inclines to the opinion that these are the words of Moses, and cites grammatical authority for the use of the future for repeated or customary action — “These uniformly set forth first.” But the future is more frequently used as a mild imperative. Moreover, if it was worthy of God to say any thing about the order, it was of the first importance that he should establish the question of precedence in the march, a point on which victory or defeat might turn.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain These shall first set forth. No order to set…
These shall first set forth. No order to set forth had been given, but the necessity of doing so was understood, and is here anticipated, as in Num_1:51.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 All the number ... is 186,400
All the number ... is 186,400
"All the number ... is one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred." This number includes all of the men in the tribes that camped under the standard of Judah. AT: "The number of the men camped under the standard of Judah is 186,400" (See: Numbers and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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the camp of Judah
This refers to the three tribes that camp east of the tent of meeting: the tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
They will set out first
This means that when the Israelite camp moves, the camp of Judah will start walking out before the other tribes do. AT: "When travelling, the camp of Judah will start walking first" or "When the Israelites leave, those tribes will leave first" (See: Ordinal Numbers and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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