Numbers 10:30-36

30 He said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.

31 He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes.

32 It shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever good the LORD shall do to us, the same will we do to you.

33 They set forward from the Mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

34 The cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.

35 It happened, when the ark set forward, that Moshe said, Rise up, LORD, and let your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate you flee before you.

36 When it rested, he said, Return, LORD, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Yisra'el.

Numbers 10:30-36 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.