Numbers 10:30 ““I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own la…”

Numbers 10:30

“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

World English Bible

He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”

American Standard Version

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he answered him, I will not goe: but I will depart to mine owne countrey, and to my kindred.

Darby Translation

And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.

Young's Literal Translation

And he saith unto him, 'I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.'

Bible in Basic English

But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

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Cross references

“And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.”

Genesis 12:1 Genesis 31:30 Ruth 1:15–17 Psalm 45:10 Luke 14:26 2 Corinthians 5:16

Genesis 12:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

Genesis 31:30 · BSB

Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

Ruth 1:15–17 · BSB

“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”

Psalm 45:10 · BSB

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Luke 14:26 · BSB

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

2 Corinthians 5:16 · BSB

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

Also

Matthew 21:29

Matthew 21:29 · BSB

‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “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 things to Israel.”

31“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

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