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Numbers 10:31

NETBible	Moses¹ said, “Do not leave us,² because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.³
NIV © biblegateway Num 10:31	But Moses said, "Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes.
NASB © biblegateway Num 10:31	Then he said, "Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us.
NLT © biblegateway Num 10:31	"Please don’t leave us," Moses pleaded. "You know the places in the wilderness where we should camp.
MSG © biblegateway Num 10:31	Moses countered, "Don't leave us. You know all the best places to camp in the wilderness. We need your eyes.
BBE © SABDAweb Num 10:31	And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.
NRSV © bibleoremus Num 10:31	He said, "Do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.
NKJV © biblegateway Num 10:31	So Moses said, "Please do not leave, inasmuch as you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.
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KJV	And he said <0559> (8799)_, Leave <05800> (8799) us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest <03651> <03045> (8804) how we are to encamp <02583> (8800) in the wilderness <04057>_, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes <05869>_.
NASB © biblegateway Num 10:31	Then he said <0559> , "Please <04994> do not leave <05800> us, inasmuch <03588> <5921> <03651> as you know <03045> where we should camp <02583> in the wilderness <04057> , and you will be as eyes <05869> for us.
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} mh <3165> ADV egkataliphv <1459> V-AAS-2S hmav <1473> P-AP ou <3739> R-GSM eineken {PREP} hsya <1510> V-IAI-2S mey <3326> PREP hmwn <1473> P-GP en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF erhmw <2048> N-DSF kai <2532> CONJ esh <1510> V-FMI-2S en <1722> PREP hmin <1473> P-DP presbuthv <4246> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	Moses said <0559> , “Do not <0408> leave <05800> us, because <03651> <05921> <03588> you know <03045> places for us to camp <02583> in the wilderness <04057> , and you could be <01961> our guide <05869> .
HEBREW	Mynyel <05869> wnl <0> tyyhw <01961> rbdmb <04057> wntnx <02583> tedy <03045> Nk <03651> le <05921> yk <03588> wnta <0853> bzet <05800> an <04994> la <0408> rmayw (10:31) <0559>

NETBible

Moses¹ said, “Do not leave us,² because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn The form with אַל־נָא (’al-na’) is a jussive; negated it stresses a more immediate request, as if Hobab is starting to leave, or at least determined to leave.

³tn In the Hebrew text the expression is more graphic: “you will be for us for eyes.” Hobab was familiar with the entire Sinai region, and he could certainly direct the people where they were to go. The text does not record Hobab’s response. But the fact that Kenites were in Canaan as allies of Judah (Judg 1:16) would indicate that he gave in and came with Moses. The first refusal may simply be the polite Semitic practice of declining first so that the appeal might be made more urgently.