:r Andit came to pals on the twentieth «ey of the ſecond month, in the ſecond year, that the cloud was taken up from off the: tabernacle of the teſtimony.
* ch. 2.9, 72 And the children of Ifrael took * their journeys 16,24, 31. Out of the wilderneſs of Sinai, and the cloud reſted in the wilderneſs of Paran o:
_ © From which they travelled to other places, and then returned into it again, Numb. 12 16.
13 Andthey firſt cook their journey, according tothe commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moſes. 14 * In the firſt place went the ſtandard of the camp
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Ifſachar, was Nethaneel the ſon of Zuar. - 16 And over the hoſt of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, was Eliab the ſon of Helon. *ch.1.5r 17 And*the tabernacle was taken down, and the
« . kan 4-24, ſons of Gerſhon, and the ſons of Merari ſet forward, * ; bearing the tabernacle,
ch.z. 10 18 And the* ſtandardof the camp of Reuben ſet for- ward according to their armies: and over his hoſt was Elizurthe fon of Shedeur. _ 19 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children of Cn:
4: 4. Simeon, was Shelumiel the ſon of Zuriſhaddai.
A 20 And overthe hoſt of the tribe of the children of ies, ara Gad, was Eliaſaph the ſon of Deuel.
the Mera. 21 And the Kohathites ſet forward, bearing the * ms ſanctuary, and || the other p did ſet up the tabernacle a-
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22 And * the ſtandard of the camp of the children of * ch:z: 18| Ephraim ſet forward according to their armies: and 0- il ver his hoſt as Eliſhama the ſon of Ammihud. 23 And over the hoſt of the tribe of the childrea of Manaſfeh, was Gamaliel the ſon of Pedahzur. 24 And over the hoſt of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, was Abidan the fon of Gideonis» |
25 Ard * the ſtandard of the camp of the children »* ch. 3:4 of Dan ſet forward which was the rereward of all the , camps throughout their hoſts, and over his hoſt was A- hiezer the ſon of Ammiſhaddai.
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26 Andover the hoſt ef the tribe of the children Aſher, vas Pagiel the fon of Ocran,
27 And over the hoſt of the tribe of the children of Napheali, as Ahira the ſon of Enan.
28 F Thus ?erethe journeyings 4 of the children of , x,y, Ifrael, accordinf to their armies when they ſer torward, 7zeſe.
q ( 5.e. ) In this manner and order they marched.
29 And Moſes ſaid unto Hobab,the ſon of Raguel r the Midianite, Moſes his father in law s, Weare journeying | unto the place of which the LORD ſaid, I will give it q you: come thou with us, and * we will do thee good : for the LORD hath ſpoken good concerning I1rael.
r Called alſo Revel, Exod. 2. 18. who ſeems to be the ſame who is called Jethro, Exod. 3. 1. it being uſual in Scripture for one perſon to have two or three names. And therefore this Hobab is not fethro,but his fon, which may ſeem more probable, becauſe Jethro was o1d & un- fit for trave], and defirous,as may well be thought, ro die in his own Country,whether he returned,Exed.18.27 but Hobab was young, 8 fit- ter for theſe journeys, and therefore intreated by Moſes to fray and b-ar them company. s Which words are ambiguous,bur ſeem to be= long to Raguel,or Revel,not to Kobab, tho' others are of another mind.
3o And he ſaid unto him, I will nor go r, but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. |
t So he might truly and ſincerely ſay, though after this ſpeech he was overcome by the intreaties and perſwaſions of M:jes. Or, he did go and ſettle his affairs and afterwards return : for wefind his poſterity ſettled among the 1ſraelites. See Fudg.1.16.and 4.11,18, &c.
31 And he faid,Leave us not, I pray thee, foraſmuch as thou knoweſt how we are. to encamp in the wilders neſs, and thou mayeſt be to us in ſtead of eyes x. _
u Todire&ahd guide us: for though the cloud determined them to a general place, yet many particulars might be uncertain and unknown to Moſes, wherein Hobab, having long lived in thoſe parts, might be able to adviſe him, as concerning the conveniences of water for their Cattel, concerning the fafety or danger of the ſeve- ral parts by reaſon of Serpents or Wild-beaſts, or Enemies, in the paits adjoining to them, that ſo they might guard themſelves better againſt them. Or, this is to be underſtood of his direfting them not ſo much in their way, as about great and difficult -matrters, wherein the counſel he had from God did not exclude the advice of men, as we ſee in Hobab's father Jethro, Exod. 18. And it is pro« bable, this was the wiſe ſon of a wiſe father. ;
32 And ir ſhal be if thou go with us, yea, it ſhal be, that what goodneſs the LORD ſhal do unto us,the ſame will we do unto thee. |
33 And they departed from the mount of, the LORD three days journey x: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD wentbefore them y in the three days journey: co * {earch out a reſting place z for them. * Deuf: i
x With continued journeys, only it ſeems moſt probable, that 33.