Numbers 10:30
But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 31:30Suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends, and hadst a longing after thy father's house: why hast thou stolen away my gods?
Ruth 1:15And Noemi said to her: Behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people, and to her gods, go thou with her.
Matthew 21:29And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went.
2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore henceforth, we know no man according to the flesh. And if we have known Christ according to the flesh; but now we know him so no longer.
Hebrews 11:13All these died according to faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them afar off, and saluting them, and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth.
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 →