SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:29
¶ Entonces dijo Moisés a Hobab, hijo de Ragí¼el madianita, su suegro: Nosotros partimos para el lugar del cual el SEÑOR ha dicho: Yo os lo daré. Ven con nosotros, y te haremos bien; porque el SEÑOR ha hablado bien respecto a Israel.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Numbers 10:29
Verse 29. Moses said unto Hobab] For a circumstantial account of this person see the notes on Exod. ii. 15, 16, 18; iii. 1; iv. 20, 24; and for the transaction recorded here, and which is probably out of its place, see Exod. xviii. 5, 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 29. And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite , Moses’s father in law , etc.] Some think this Hobab was the same with Jethro, whose father’s name was Raguel or Reuel; so Jarchi and Ben Gersom; but rather Raguel or Reuel, and Jethro, seem to be the same, and was Moses’s father-in-law, and this Hobab was the son of him, and brother of Zipporah, Moses’s wife; and the same relation is designed whether the word is rendered his “father-in-law” or his “wife’s brother”, so Aben Ezra; as it may be either; if the former, then it may be joined to Raguel, if the latter, then to Hobab: Jethro or Raguel, Moses’s father-in-law, came to see him as soon as he came to Horeb, and after some short stay with him returned to Midian, and left this his son Hobab, who remained with Moses unto this time; but now, as Israel was about to remove from the wilderness of Sinai, he showed a disposition to return to his own country, when Moses addressed him in order to persuade him to continue with them: we are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you ; that is, the land of Canaan, which God had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their posterity: Moses puts himself among the children of Israel as journeying towards Canaan, with an expectation to possess it; for as yet the decree, as Jarchi observes, was not made, or made manifest, that he should not enter it; or he said this, as others think, because he would not discourage the Israelites nor Hobab, who might argue from thence, that if he, by whom God had brought Israel out of Egypt, and had done such wonders by him, should not enter into the good! and, how should they? but as yet Moses himself knew not that he should not enter into it; however, he speaks of it as a certain thing, that God had promised to give it to Israel, and it might be depended upon; and now they were just going to set forward in their journey, in order to take possession of it, he entreats that Hobab would go with them: come thou with us, and we will do thee good ; by giving him a part of the spoils of their enemies, and a settlement in the land: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel ; and he is faithful, who has promised and will perform.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 other coming to share with us. It is good having fellowship with those wh 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, whic are not seen. Moses urges that Hobab might be serviceable to them. No to show where they must encamp, nor what way they must march, the clou was to direct that; but to show the conveniences of the place the marched through, and encamped in. It well consists with our trust in God's providence, to use the help of our friends.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 משׁה 4872 לחבב 2246 בן 1121 רעואל 7467 המדיני 4084 חתן 2859 משׁה 4872 נסעים 5265 אנחנו 587 אל 413 המקום 4725 אשׁר 834 אמר 559 יהוה 3068 אתו 853 אתן 5414 לכם לכה 1980 אתנו 854 והטבנו 3190 לך כי 3588 יהוה 3068 דבר 1696 טוב 2896 על 5921 ישׂראל׃ 3478
