Numbers 10:13 - Exposition

And they first took their journey. The meaning of this is somewhat doubtful. The Septuagint has ἐξῇραν πρῶτοι , the foremost set out; the Vulgate, profecti sunt per turmas suas. Perhaps it means, "they journeyed in the order of precedence'' assigned to them by their marching orders in Numbers 2:1-34 .