Numbers 10:30

Numbers 10:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
• New International Version (NIV)He answered, “No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he said to him, "I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he said to him, “I will not go, but I will depart to my own land and to my relatives.”

Context of Numbers 10:30

28Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward. 29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel. And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes. 32And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever Jehovah shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

Numbers 10:30 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו לֹ֣א אֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּ֧י אִם־אֶל־אַרְצִ֛י וְאֶל־מוֹלַדְתִּ֖י אֵלֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• kindredמוֹלֶ֫דֶתmôledeth · relativesH4138

Cross-references for Numbers 10:30

• Genesis 12:1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto the land that I will show thee:
• Genesis 31:30And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
• Ruth 1:15And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.
• Psalms 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house:
• Luke 14:26If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
• 2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
• Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Commentaries on Numbers 10:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred - From the strong expostulations in Numbers 10:31; and Numbers 10:32, and from Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11, and 1 Samuel 15:6, it is likely that Hobab changed his mind; or that, if he did go back to Midian, he returned again to Israel, as the above scriptures show that his posterity dwelt among the Israelites in Canaan. Reader, after having been almost persuaded to become a Christian, to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-32Verses 29-32 Moses invites his kindred to go to Canaan. Those that are bound for the heavenly Canaan, should ask and encourage their friends to go with them: we shall have none the less of the joys of heaven, for others coming to share with us. It is good having fellowship with those who have fellowship with God. But the things of this world, which are seen, draw strongly from the pursuit of the things of the other world, which are not seen. Moses urges…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-32After the journey toward Paran began, Moses asked his brother-in-law, Hobab, to guide the Israelites (literally and you will serve for us for eyes) (compare Judges 4:11). In this way, Hobab would share in their promised blessings. As a Midianite shepherd, Hobab knew the routes and possible sources of food and water in the Sinai Peninsula. Reuel the Midianite: See “Jethro (Reuel)” Profile. my own land and my own people: Midian was probably in northwestern…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-362. Make thee two trumpets of silver--These trumpets were of a long form, in opposition to that of the Egyptian trumpets, with which the people were convened to the worship of Osiris and which were curved like rams' horns. Those which Moses made, as described by Josephus and represented on the arch of Titus, were straight, a cubit or more in length, the tubes of the thickness of a flute. Both extremities bore a close resemblance to those in use among us…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 10:30

• Israel

In the dictionaries

• Concerning
• Depart
• Exodus
• Hobab
• Ordinance
• Set
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha
• Chronicles, Books of

Commentaries on Numbers 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings