Numbers - 10:18



18 The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army.

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And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
And the sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and ranks, whose prince was Helisur the son of Sedeur.
And the standard of the camp of Reuben moved forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host is Elizur son of Shedeur.
Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
And the sons of Ruben also set out, by their companies and ranks, whose leader was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Deinde profectum est vexillum castrorum Ruben per exercitus suos: et super exercitum ejus erat Elisur filius Sedeur.

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And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies,.... Next proceeded the standard of Reuben, having under it the tribes of Simeon and Gad, Numbers 10:19; as "Reuben" signifies, "behold the son", and he had the tabernacle borne before him and the holy things behind him, which way soever this camp looked, it had in view what was a type of Christ the Son of God, the object of faith, the ark.
and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur; over which respective armies were the same captains as in Numbers 2:10;

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