Numbers 10:29

Translations

Modern

Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “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 things to Israel.”

Traditional

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

Literal

And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, “We are setting out for the place of which YHWH said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for YHWH has promised good things to Israel.”

Latin

Dixitque Moyses Hobab filio Raguel Madianitæ, cognato suo: Proficiscimur ad locum quem Dominus daturus est nobis: veni nobiscum, ut benefaciamus tibi, quia Dominus bona promisit Israëli.

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English

Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “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 things to Israel.”

Notes

Numbers 10:29–32

After the journey toward Paran began, Moses asked his brother-in-law, Hobab, to guide the Israelites (literally and you will serve for us for eyes) (compare Judges 4:11). In this way, Hobab would share in their promised blessings. As a Midianite shepherd, Hobab knew the routes and possible sources of food and water in the Sinai Peninsula.
Reuel the Midianite: See “Jethro (Reuel)” Profile.
my own land and my own people: Midian was probably in northwestern Arabia. Judges 1:16 suggests that Hobab accepted the request.

Numbers 10:11–36

Leaving Sinai was a key moment in Israel's history. The Israelites now had the law and God would test them on how they obeyed it. The departure from Sinai marked the start of the march toward Canaan, although it became a long journey (compare Deuteronomy 1:6–8, 19). This passage summarizes the daily routines during the journey.

Theme notes and profiles

Jethro (Reuel) Moses

Related verses

Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Exodus 2:18
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Psalm 34:8
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Exodus 6:7–8
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
Genesis 32:12
But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Judges 1:16
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Jeremiah 50:5
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

People

Hobab: Moses' brother-in-law, a Midianite Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Jethro: Moses' father-in-law, priest of Midian Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Places

Midian: A nation descended from Abraham; oppressed Israel in the time of the judges

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Hobab Jethro Kenites Midian, Midianite Moses Numbers, Book of Raguel Reuel Zipporah

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Faith: Exemplified God: Providence of Hobab: Son of Raguel Israel: March out of the Wilderness Jethro: Moses Spent Forty Years of Exile With, and Married his Daughter Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Order of Marching During Moses: Character of Faith of Pilgrims and Strangers: As Saints They: Invite Others to Go with Them Raguel: Moses' Father-In-Law Religious Zeal: Exemplified The Kenites: Connected with the Midianites The Kenites: Moses: Invited, to Accompany Israel

Numbers 10:29

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