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31 And Moses said, [a]Do not leave us, I pray you; for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.

32 And if you will go with us, it shall be that whatever good the Lord does to us, the same we will do to you.

33 They departed from the mountain of the Lord [Mount Sinai] three days’ journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them during the three days’ journey to seek out a resting-place for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 10:31 The record does not say so, but Hobab seems to have remained with the Israelites, for later history shows that his descendants lived in Canaan (Judg. 1:16; I Sam. 15:6).

31 But Moses said, “Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.(A) 32 If you come with us, we will share with you(B) whatever good things the Lord gives us.(C)

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

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