Numbers 10:28-36

28 This was the order of march of the Israelites, company by company, when they set out.

29 Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, "I will give it to you'; come with us, and we will treat you well; for the Lord has promised good to Israel."

30 But he said to him, "I will not go, but I will go back to my own land and to my kindred."

31 He said, "Do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.

32 Moreover, if you go with us, whatever good the Lord does for us, the same we will do for you."

33 So they set out from the mount of the Lord three days' journey with the ark of the covenant of the Lord going before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them,

34 the cloud of the Lord being over them by day when they set out from the camp.

35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, "Arise, O Lord, let your enemies be scattered, and your foes flee before you."

36 And whenever it came to rest, he would say, "Return, O Lord of the ten thousand thousands of Israel."

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Meaning of Heb uncertain