Números 10:31

31 —Por favor, no nos dejes —rogó Moisés—. Tú conoces los lugares del desierto donde debemos acampar. Ven, sé nuestro guía.

Números 10:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:31

And he said
That is, Moses, he replied to Hobab, unwilling to take him at his word and go without him:

leave us not, I pray thee;
or "not now"; as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; at this present time, under our present difficulties, while we are in the wilderness; though Jarchi says the particle (an) signifies beseeching or supplication:

forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness;
that this will be our case, that we shall be obliged, before we get to the promised land, to pitch our tents in the wilderness, in our passage through it; and thou knowest which are the best and most convenient places for that purpose, and therefore must entreat thee to go with us:

and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes;
not to show the way, as Aben Ezra notes, or guide and direct them in the road through the wilderness; for the cloud by day and the fire by night were of that use to them, as well as when it rested, it directed them when and where to pitch their tents; rather to assist with his advice in difficult matters, when they should be in pressing circumstances: the Targum of Jonathan is,

``thou hast been dear unto us, as the apple of our eyes, and therefore we cannot part with thee.''

Números 10:31 In-Context

29 Un día Moisés le dijo a su cuñado Hobab, hijo de Reuel, el madianita:
—Vamos en camino al lugar que el Señor
nos prometió, porque él nos dijo: “Yo se lo daré a ustedes”. Ven con nosotros y te trataremos bien, porque el Señor
ha prometido maravillosas bendiciones para Israel.

30 —No, no iré —respondió Hobab—. Debo regresar a mi propia tierra y a mi familia.

31 —Por favor, no nos dejes —rogó Moisés—. Tú conoces los lugares del desierto donde debemos acampar. Ven, sé nuestro guía.

32 Si vienes con nosotros, compartiremos contigo todas las bendiciones que el Señor
nos dará.

33 Así que después de salir del monte del Señor
, marcharon por tres días; y el arca del pacto del Señor
iba delante de ellos para indicarles dónde detenerse y descansar.