וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה לְ֠חֹבָב בֶּן־רְעוּאֵ֣ל הַמִּדְיָנִי֮ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁה֒ נֹסְעִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֹת֖וֹ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם לְכָ֤ה אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּ לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה דִּבֶּר־ט֖וֹב עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
At sinabi ni Moises kay Hobab na anak ni Reuel na Midianita, na biyenan ni Moises: “Naglalakbay na kami patungo sa lugar na sinabi ng Walang-Hanggan, ‘Ibibigay ko ito sa inyo.’ Sumama ka sa amin, at gagawan ka namin ng mabuti, sapagkat ang Walang-Hanggan ay nangako ng kabutihan para sa Israel.”
On Drunkenness
[39] We have “removed,” he says in effect, and excised from the mind its empty vanity and are passing over to the place of knowledge, which is ours through the oracles and promises of God. “Come with us and we will do thee good” (Num. 10:29). For you will lose the most harmful of evils, mere seeming, and gain the most profitable of blessings, truth.