KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 10:31
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
WEB World English Bible
He said, “Don’t leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith, ‘I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes;
Surrounding context — Numbers 10
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.
33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
34 And the cloud of the LORD [was] upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאַל־H408 · alnotנָ֖אH4994 · napleaseתַּעֲזֹ֣בH5800 · a.zavto leave: forsakeאֹתָ֑נוּH853 · et[Obj.]כִּ֣י׀H3588 · kiforעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֣ןH3651 · kenrightיָדַ֗עְתָּH3045 · ya.dato knowחֲנֹתֵ֙נוּ֙H2583 · cha.nahto campבַּמִּדְבָּ֔רH4057 · mid.barmouthוְהָיִ֥יתָH1961 · ha.yahto beלָּ֖נוּH9035 · nuusלְעֵינָֽיִם׃H5869 · a.yineye
Cross-references
Job 29:15I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.1 Corinthians 12:14-21For the body is not one member, but many.Psalm 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.Galatians 6:2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
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