Numbers 10:30

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And he said to him, “I will not go. But I will depart to my land and to my relatives.”

Latin

Cui ille respondit: Non vadam tecum, sed revertar in terram meam, in qua natus sum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Numbers 10:29–32

After 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 Arabia. Judges 1:16 suggests that Hobab accepted the request.

Numbers 10:11–36

Leaving Sinai was a key moment in Israel's history. The Israelites now had the law and God would test them on how they obeyed it. The departure from Sinai marked the start of the march toward Canaan, although it became a long journey (compare Deuteronomy 1:6–8, 19). This passage summarizes the daily routines during the journey.

Theme notes and profiles

Jethro (Reuel) Moses

Related verses

Luke 14:26
“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.
Genesis 12:1
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.
Hebrews 11:13
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Ruth 1:15–17
“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
Matthew 21:29
‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
Psalm 45:10
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
2 Corinthians 5:16
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.
Genesis 31:30
Now you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Jethro Kenites Midian, Midianite Numbers, Book of

Topics

Israel: March out of the Wilderness The Kenites: Moses: Invited, to Accompany Israel

Numbers 10:30

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