29 Then Moses said to (A)Hobab the son of (B)Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out to the place of which the Lord said, ‘(C)I will give it to you.’ (D)Come with us and we will do you good, for the Lord (E)has [a]promised good concerning Israel.” 30 But he said to him, “(F)I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives.” 31 Then he said, “Please do not leave us, since you know [b]where we should camp in the wilderness, and you (G)will be as eyes for us. 32 So it will be, if you go with us, that [c](H)whatever good the Lord [d]does for us, (I)we will [e]do for you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 10:29 Lit spoken
  2. Numbers 10:31 Lit our camping
  3. Numbers 10:32 Lit that good which
  4. Numbers 10:32 Lit does good
  5. Numbers 10:32 Lit do good

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29 Moses said to Hobab the Midianite, Reuel’s son and Moses’ father-in-law, “We’re marching to the place about which the Lord has said, ‘I’ll give it to you.’ Come with us and we’ll treat you well, for the Lord has promised to treat Israel well.”

30 Hobab said to him, “I won’t go; I’d rather go to my land and to my folk.”

31 Moses said, “Please don’t abandon us, for you know where we can camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes. 32 If you go with us, whatever good the Lord does for us, we’ll do for you.”

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