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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 10:29

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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10:29-32 After the trek toward Paran had begun, Moses took the practical step of asking his brother-in-law, Hobab (cp. Judg 4:11), to join the Israelites as their guide (literally to serve as Israel’s eyes) and so to share in their promised blessings. As a Midianite shepherd, Hobab knew the routes and possible sources of food and water in this region of the Sinai Peninsula. • Reuel the Midianite: See “Jethro (Reuel)” Profile. • my own land and family: Midian was probably in northwestern Arabia. Judges 1:16 suggests that Hobab accepted the appeal.
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