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What does Numbers 10:27 mean?
"Ahira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali."
— Numbers 10:27 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Abidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin.
The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.
Pagiel the son of Ochran was over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher.
Ahira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali.
Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.
Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.”
He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”
Explanation
This verse comes from a long, list-like section of Numbers where Moses records precisely how the tribes of Israel were arranged as they broke camp at Mount Sinai and began their journey toward the Promised Land. In plain terms, it simply states that a man named Ahira, son
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