Numbers 10:30

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

Numbers 10:30 in Other Translations

KJV
30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
ESV
30 But he said to him, "I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred."
NLT
30 But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go. I must return to my own land and family.”
MSG
30 But Hobab said, "I'm not coming; I'm going back home to my own country, to my own family."
CSB
30 But he replied to him, "I don't want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives."

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 march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
29 Now Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place about 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 things to Israel.”
30 He answered, “No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
31 But Moses said, “Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.
32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

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