Numbers 10:29-32
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29 Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’s father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good to Israel.”(A) 30 But he said to him, “I will not go, but I will go back to my own land and to my kindred.” 31 He said, “Do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us. 32 Moreover, if you go with us, whatever good the Lord does for us, the same we will do for you.”(B)
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Numbers 10:29-32
Holman Christian Standard Bible
29 Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses’ father-in-law[a] Reuel[b](A) the Midianite: “We’re setting out for the place the Lord promised: ‘I will give it to you.’(B) Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”(C)
30 But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”
31 “Please don’t leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes. 32 If you come with us, whatever good the Lord does for us we will do for you.”(D)
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- Numbers 10:29 Or said to Hobab’s brother-in-law
- Numbers 10:29 = Jethro; Ex 2:16-18; 3:1; 4:18
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