He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”
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He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”
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And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
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And he said unto him: 'I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.'
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Passages linked to Numbers 10:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 12:1 Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 31:30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”
- Ruth 1:15-17 She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.” Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
- Psalms 45:10 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
- Matthew 21:29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
- Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
- Hebrews 11:8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
- Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 10:30 And he said unto him, I will…
Num 10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
Ver. 30. To mine own land.] Patriam quisque amat, non quia pulchram sed quia suam. {a}
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“ Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine cunctos
Ducit, et immemores non sinit esse sui. ” - Ovid.
{a} Seneca.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain So he might truly and sincerely say, though after…
So he might truly and sincerely say, though after this speech he was overcome by the entreaties and persuasions of Moses. Or he did go and settle his affairs, and afterwards return; for we find his posterity settled among the Israelites. See Jdg 1:16; 4:11,18, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the cloud of the Lord was upon them…
And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day,.... Not only upon the tabernacle, and upon the ark particularly, but it spread itself in journeying over the whole body of the people, and therefore said to be a covering to them from the heat of the sun, Psa 105:39; as well as it was a guide unto them, and a token of the divine Presence with them, see Isa 4:5,
when they went out of the camp; or out of the place of their encampment, when they removed from Sinai; and appears from, hence that it was in the daytime.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I will not go - So he might sincerely…
I will not go - So he might sincerely say, though afterward he was overcome by the persuasions of Moses.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. I will not go; but I will…
Verse 30. I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.] From the strong expostulations in verses 31 and 32, and from Jdg 1:16; Jdg 4:11, and 1Sa 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 take Christ, his cross, his reproach, and his crown, for thy portion, art thou again purposing to go back to thy own land, and to thy kindred? Knowest thou not that this land is the place of destruction-that the children of this world, who are not taking God for their portion, are going to perdition? Up, get thee hence, for the Lord will destroy this place by fire; and all who are not of the kindred and family of Christ shall perish at the brightness of his appearing!
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 10:30. I will not go — So he…
Num 10:30. I will not go — So he might sincerely say, though afterward he was overcome by the persuasions of Moses.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. Ḥobab’s words shew that the route from Sinai…
30. Ḥobab’s words shew that the route from Sinai to his home in Midian (which was on the east of the Golf of Akaba) was in a different direction from the route to Canaan. This is one of the many indications that Sinai did not lie in the position traditionally assigned to it, and found in modern maps, at the south of the peninsula; otherwise the route of the Israelites would have coincided with that of Ḥobab for a large part of the distance. The site of Sinai seems to have been further north, in the region of Ḳadesh. See the writer’s Exodus, pp. xcviii–cvi1 [Note: Driver (Exodus in this series, pp. 177–191) inclines to the traditional site.] .
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (30) And he said unto him, I will not…
(30) And he said unto him, I will not go . . . —It is not expressly stated in the narrative whether Hobab did or did not ultimately accompany the Israelites on their march. It appears most probable, however, that the renewed solicitation of Moses proved effectual. In any case, it is certain from Jdg_1:16 that the Kenites, as a body, “went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah,” and that “they went and dwelt among the people.” (See Jdg_1:16; Jdg_4:11; 1Sa_15:6; 2Ki_10:15; compared with 1Ch_2:55.)
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