Numbers 10:29-32

29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of ¹Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, ²'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will do good to you, for ³the LORD has promised good to Israel."

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

31 And he said, "Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve ⁴as eyes for us.

32 And if you do go with us, ⁵whatever good the LORD will do to us, the same will we do to you."

Numbers 10:29-32 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.

Cross References

• 1. See Exodus 2:18
• 2. Genesis 12:7
• 3. Genesis 32:12; Exodus 3:8; Exodus 6:7, 8
• 4. [Job 29:15]
• 5. ver. 29; [Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11]