31But Moses said, "Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes.


In Context

28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

29 Now Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in- law, "We are setting out for the place about 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."

30 He answered, "No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people."

31 But Moses said, "Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes.

32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the Lord gives us."

33 So they set out from the mountain of the Lord and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.

Numbers 10:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And he said: Do not leave us: for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:31And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:31And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:31He said, |Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:31And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And he said, Leave us not, I pray you; for as much as you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you may be to us instead of eyes.