Rearward

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.

(2): ( a. & adv.) At or toward the rear.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [2]

The strong battalion that closed and guarded the rear of an army,  Joshua 6:13;  Isaiah 52:12;  58:8 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]

rēr´wôrd ( אסף , 'āṣaph , "to gather,"   Numbers 10:25;  Joshua 6:9 (the King James Version margin "gathering host");   Isaiah 52:12 ). See Army; Dan , Tribe Of; War , 3.

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