“He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.”
Numbers 10:30 (WEB)
Context Reading
28Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward. 29Moses 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.” 30He said to him, “I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.” 31Moses said, “Don’t leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes. 32It shall be, if you go with us — yes, it shall be — that whatever good Yahweh does to us, we will do the same to you.”