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Numbers 10:31 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
Numbers 10:31
Verse in Context
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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.
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
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.
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
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
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Numbers 10:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 10:2
"Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps."
Numbers 10:3
"And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."
Numbers 10:4
"And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather"
Numbers 10:5
"When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward."
Numbers 10:6
"When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys."
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