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Numbers 10:28-36

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28 This was the order of march for the Israelites by their military divisions as they set out.
29 Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses' father-in-law[a] Reuel[b] [c] the Midianite: "We're setting out for the place the Lord promised: 'I will give it to you.'[d] Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel."[e]
30 But he replied to him, "I don't want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives."
31 "Please don't leave us," Moses said, "since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
32 If you come with us, whatever good the Lord does for us we will do for you."[f]
33 They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey to seek a resting place for them,[g] with the ark of the Lord's covenant traveling ahead of them for the three days.
34 Meanwhile, the cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say: Arise, Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered, and those who hate You flee from Your presence.[h]
36 When it came to rest, he would say: Return, Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel.[i]
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Numbers 10:28-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10

This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1-10; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11-28; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29-32; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 9

  • [a] Or said to Hobab's brother-in-law
  • [b] Also known as Jethro; Ex 2:16-18; 3:1; 4:18
  • [c] Ex 2:18; Jdg 4:11
  • [d] Gn 12:7; 13:14-17; 15:7; Ac 7:5
  • [e] Ex 18:9
  • [f] Jdg 1:16; 4:11
  • [g] Dt 1:33
  • [h] Ps 68:1
  • [i] Gn 15:5; Dt 1:8,10
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