Numbers 10:31

And he says, “Please do not forsake us, because you have known our encamping in the wilderness, and you have been to us for eyes;

Literal Standard Version

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 says to him, “I do not go; but I go to my land and to my family.”

32and it has come to pass, when you go with us—indeed, it has come to pass—that good which YHWH does kindly with us, we have done it kindly to you.”

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Cross References

Psalms 32:8I cause you to act wisely, || And direct you in the way that you go, || I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.

Galatians 6:2Bear the burdens of one another, and so fill up the law of the 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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