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Numbers 10:29

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

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KJV King James Version

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then 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.”

WEB World English Bible

Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.”

ASV American Standard Version

And 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.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, ‘We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.’

Surrounding context — Numbers 10

26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher [was] Pagiel the son of Ocran.

27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali [was] Ahira the son of Enan.

28 Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

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

31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto say מֹשֶׁ֗הH4872 · mo.shehMoses לְ֠חֹבָבH2246 · cho.vavHobab בֶּן־H1121 · benson: child רְעוּאֵ֣לH7467 · re.u.elReuel הַמִּדְיָנִי֮H4084 · mid.ya.niMidianite חֹתֵ֣ןH2859 · cho.tenrelative מֹשֶׁה֒H4872 · mo.shehMoses נֹסְעִ֣ים׀H5265 · na.sato set out אֲנַ֗חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuwe אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמָּקוֹם֙H4725 · ma.qomplace אֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhich אָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto say יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]אֶתֵּ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: give לָכֶ֑םH9036 · khemyou לְכָ֤הH1980 · ha.lakhto go: went אִתָּ֙נוּ֙H854 · etwith וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּH3190 · ya.tavbe good לָ֔ךְH9032 · khyou כִּֽי־H3588 · kifor יְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD דִּבֶּר־H1696 · da.varto speak: speak ט֖וֹבH2896 · tovpleasant עַל־H5921 · alupon יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael

Cross-references

Genesis 12:7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.Exodus 3:1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, [even] to Horeb.Judges 4:11Now Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.Exodus 2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day?Exodus 6:7-8And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.Psalm 34:8O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.Judges 1:16And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.Genesis 32:12And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Genesis 15:18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.Exodus 18:27And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;Isaiah 2:3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.Genesis 13:15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.1 Samuel 15:6And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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