Numbers 10 · Verse 29

Numbers 10:29

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.
Numbers 10:29, King James Version

Numbers 10:29 in other translations

BSBThen 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.”
WEBMoses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are journeying to 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 spoken good concerning Israel.”
ASVAnd Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.
YLTAnd Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, ‘We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.'
DARBYAnd Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.
BBEThen Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.
WebsterAnd Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

What does Numbers 10:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite--called also Reuel (the same as Jethro [Ex 2:18, Margin]). Hobab, the son of this Midianite chief and brother-in-law to Moses, seems to have sojourned among the Israelites during the whole period of their encampment at Sinai and now on their removal proposed returning to his own abode. Moses urged him to remain, both for his own benefit from a religious point of view, and for the useful services his nomad habits could enable him to render.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Moses said unto Hobab - For a circumstantial account of this person see the notes on Exo 2:15, Exo 2:16 (note), Exo 2:18 (note); Exo 3:1; Exo 4:20 (note), Exo 4:24 (note); and for the transaction recorded here, and which is probably out of its place, see Exo 18:5 (note), where the subject is discussed at large. We are journeying - God has brought us out of thraldom, and we are thus far on our way through the wilderness, travelling towards the place of rest which he has appointed us, trusting in his promise, guided by his presence, and supported by his power. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good. Those who wish to enjoy the heavenly inheritance must walk in the way towards it, and associate with the people who are going in that way. True religion is ever benevolent. They who know most of the goodness of God are the most forward to invite others to partake of that goodness. That religion which excludes all others from salvation, unless they believe a particular creed, and worship in a particular way, is not of God. Even Hobab, the Arab, according to the opinion of Moses, might receive the same blessings which God had promised to Israel, provided he accompanied them in the same way. The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel - The name Israel is taken in a general sense to signify the followers of God, and to them all the promises in the Bible are made. God has spoken good of them, and he has spoken good to them; and not one word that he hath spoken shall fail. Reader, hast thou left thy unhallowed connections in life? Hast thou got into the camp of the Most High? Then continue to follow God with Israel, and thou shalt be incorporated in the heavenly family, and share in Israel's benedictions.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:29-32
Moses invites his kindred to go to Canaan. Those that are bound for the heavenly Canaan, should ask and encourage their friends to go with them: we shall have none the less of the joys of heaven, for others coming to share with us. It is good having fellowship with those who have fellowship with God. But the things of this world, which are seen, draw strongly from the pursuit of the things of the other world, which are not seen. Moses urges that Hobab might be serviceable to them. Not to show where they must encamp, nor what way they must march, the cloud was to direct that; but to show the conveniences of the place they marched through, and encamped in. It well consists with our trust in God's providence, to use the help of our friends.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Numbers 10:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872
לְ֠חֹבָבle.cho.oto HobabH2246
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
רְעוּאֵ֣לre.'u.'ElReuelH7467
הַמִּדְיָנִי֮ha.mid.ya.Nithe MidianiteH4084
חֹתֵ֣ןcho.Ten[the] father-in-law ofH2859
מֹשֶׁה֒mo.ShehMosesH4872
נֹסְעִ֣ים\׀no.se.'Im[are] about to set outH5265
אֲנַ֗חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuweH587
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמָּקוֹם֙ha.ma.kOmthe placeH4725
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saidH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
אֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenI will giveH5414
לָכֶ֑םla.Khemto <the> you
לְכָ֤הle.Khahcome !H1980
אִתָּ֙נוּ֙'i.Ta.nuwith usH854
וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּve.he.Tav.nuand we will do goodH3190
לָ֔ךְLakhto <the> you
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
דִּבֶּר\־di.ber-he has spokenH1696
ט֖וֹבTovgoodH2896
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Numbers 10:29

  • Genesis 12:7

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  • Exodus 2:18

    And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?

  • Exodus 3:1

    Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

  • Judges 4:11

    Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

  • Psalms 34:8

    O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

  • Exodus 6:7-8

    And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.

  • Exodus 3:8

    And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • Judges 1:16

    And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

  • Genesis 32:12

    And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

  • Titus 1:2

    In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

  • Exodus 18:27

    And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 2:18
Reuel.
Ex 3:1; 18:1,27
the Lord.
Ge 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; Ac 7:5
come.
Jud 1:16; 4:11; 1Sa 15:6; Ps 34:8; Isa 2:3; Jer 50:5; Zec 8:21-23
Re 22:17
for the Lord.
23:19; Ge 32:12; Ex 3:8; 6:7,8; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18

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Context

  • Numbers 10:28

    Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

  • Numbers 10:29

    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.

  • Numbers 10:30

    And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

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Numbers 10:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces dijo Moisés á Hobab, hijo de Ragüel Madianita, su suegro: Nosotros nos partimos para el lugar del cual Jehová ha dicho: Yo os lo daré. Ven con nosotros, y te haremos bien: porque Jehová ha hablado bien respecto á Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse dit à Hobab, fils de Rehuel, Madianite, beau-père de Moïse: Nous partons pour le lieu dont l’ Éternel a dit: Je vous le donnerai. Viens avec nous, et nous te ferons du bien; car l’ Éternel a dit du bien à l’égard d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose sprach zu Hobab, dem Sohne Reghuels, des Midianiters, des Schwiegervaters Moses: Wir brechen auf nach dem Orte, von welchem Jehova gesagt hat: Ich will ihn euch geben. Ziehe mit uns, so werden wir dir Gutes tun; denn Jehova hat Gutes über Israel geredet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
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.