29 Now Moses said to Hobab(A) son of Reuel(B) the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law,(C) “We are setting out for the place about which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you.’(D) Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

30 He answered, “No, I will not go;(E) I am going back to my own land and my own people.(F)

31 But Moses said, “Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.(G)

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29 Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, “We are setting out to the place that Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you’; go with us, and we will treat you well[a] because Yahweh promised[b] good concerning Israel.” 30 But he said to him, “I will not go. I will only go to my land and to my family.” 31 He[c] said, “Please, do not abandon us because you know our encampment in the desert, and you should be our guide.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 10:29 Literally “do good to you”
  2. Numbers 10:29 Literally “Yahweh spoke”
  3. Numbers 10:31 That is, Moses
  4. Numbers 10:31 Literally “you should be our eyes”