Numbers 10:31

And he said: “Do not choose to leave us. For you know in which places in the desert we ought to make camp, and so you shall be our guide.

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In The King James Version

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

In Context

30And he answered him, “I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.”

32And if you come with us, whatever will be best among the riches which the Lord will deliver to us, we will give to you.”

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Cross References

Psalms 32:8Let all the earth fear the Lord, and may all the inhabitants of the world quake before him.

Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 10:30-36

Moses's Request to Hobab. ( b. c. 1490.) 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. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be… Read the whole commentary →

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