Numbers 10:30

30 Hobab said to him, "I won't go; I'd rather go to my land and to my folk."

Numbers 10:30 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:30

And he said unto him, I will not go
Which was a very peremptory answer, he seemed determined, and at a point about it for the present, though it is, probable he afterwards changed his mind, like the young man in the parable, ( Matthew 21:29 ) ;

but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred;
which were prevailing motives with him, his native country, his relations, and father's house; to this resolution he came, both because of his substance, and because of his family, as Jarchi.

Numbers 10:30 In-Context

28 This was the order of departure of the Israelites with their military units when they set out.

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."