Numbers 10:30
“No, I won't go—I'll return to my own country and my own people,” Hobab replied.
Free Bible Version
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 31:30Clearly you wanted to leave and go back to your family home, but why did you have to steal my idols?”
Ruth 1:15“Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her,” said Naomi.
Matthew 21:29The son answered, ‘I won't,’ but afterwards he was sorry for what he said and he did go.
2 Corinthians 5:16From now on we don't look at anyone from a human point of view. Even though we once viewed Christ this way, we don't do so any longer.
Hebrews 11:13They all died still trusting in God. Though they didn't receive the things God promised, they were still looking for them as it were from a distance and welcomed them, acknowledging that on this earth they were foreigners, people just passing through.
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 →